tendrait

\tɑ̃.dʁɛ\

/\tɑ̃.dʁɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“tendrait” is uncommon French (frequency #56,312 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,312
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de tendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tendrait · tendrait · French

tendrait · rank #56,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,312
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tempérés

Nearest frequency peer: tempérés (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « tendrait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tendrait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tendrait
PropertyValue
Headwordtendrait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɑ̃.dʁɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,312
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tendrait » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tendraittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « tempérés » (#56,311), « tentante » (#56,313), « Templeton » (#56,310). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tendrait » est au #56,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tendrait is uncommon French at frequency #56,312 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tɑ̃.dʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de tendre.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tendrait, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tendrait, spelled T-E-N-D-R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de tendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tendrait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quant à l’hypothèse, sous-introduite au moyen âge, qui tendrait à faire de la guerre, à la façon de l’ordalie ou combat judiciaire, une manifestation de la volonté du ciel, il va sans dire que Grotius et ses successeurs la rejettent.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tendrait"?
"tendrait" is spelled T-E-N-D-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃.dʁɛ\.
What does "tendrait" mean?
As a verb, "tendrait" means: Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de tendre.
How do you pronounce "tendrait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tendrait" is \tɑ̃.dʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tendrait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tendrait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list