tendresse

\tɑ̃.dʁɛs\

/\tɑ̃.dʁɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“tendresse” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,929
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est tendre ; il ne se dit qu’au sens moral de la sensibilité à l’amitié, à l’amour, aux affections de la nature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tendresse · tendresse · French

tendresse · rank #9,929 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,929
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH teinte

Nearest frequency peer: teinte (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « tendresse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « tendresse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tendresse vs tendres
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tendresse
PropertyValue
Headwordtendresse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɑ̃.dʁɛs\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,929
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tendresse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tendressese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « teinte » (#9,928), « traductions » (#9,930), « teddy » (#9,927). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tendresse » est au #9,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around tendresse (IPA \tɑ̃.dʁɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,929 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tendresse, with forms such as "etndresse", "tednresse", and "tenddresse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tendres", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tendresse, spelled T-E-N-D-R-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est tendre ; il ne se dit qu’au sens moral de la sensibilité à l’amitié, à l’amour, aux affections de la nature.
  2. 2
    Amour, affection particulière portée à quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Caresses, témoignages d’affection.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sa sœur ? Malgré l’hypocrite tendresse de ses dédicaces, il ne l’aimait pas, et elle non plus, au fond, ne l’aimait pas…
  2. Il avait grandi dans le giron de la famille, entouré de la tendresse de tous […].

Synonyms

affectionamourdélicatessedouceurgentillessesensibilité

Antonyms

brutalitécruautéduretéférocitéfroideurinsensibilitésadismeviolence

This word in other languages

tenderness(English)ternura(Español)Zärtlichkeit(Deutsch)ternura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etndresse
  • tednresse
  • tenddresse
  • tendersse
  • tendrese
  • tendreses
  • tendrresse
  • tendrsese
  • tenndresse
  • tenrdesse
  • tnedresse
  • ttendresse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tendresse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etndresse2tednresse2tenddresse1tendersse2tendrese1tendreses2tendrresse1tendrsese2
Edit distance from "tendresse"

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 "tendresse"?
"tendresse" is spelled T-E-N-D-R-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃.dʁɛs\.
What does "tendresse" mean?
As a noun, "tendresse" means: Qualité de ce qui est tendre ; il ne se dit qu’au sens moral de la sensibilité à l’amitié, à l’amour, aux affections de la nature.
What words are commonly confused with "tendresse"?
"tendresse" is commonly confused with "tendres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tendresse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tendresse" is \tɑ̃.dʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tendresse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

séduction#9,924stagiaire#9,918éventuels#9,948racontent#9,903

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

soupçons12 variantsélecteur12 variantssentiers12 variantsrépandue12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list