tendreté

\tɑ̃d.ʁə.te\

/\tɑ̃d.ʁə.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“tendreté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est tendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tendrete · tendreté · French

tendreté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for tendreté
PropertyValue
Headwordtendreté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɑ̃d.ʁə.te\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tendreté” sits in French frequency

tendreté falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tendreté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃d.ʁə.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for tendreté in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 tendreté, spelled T-E-N-D-R-E-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est tendre.
  2. 2
    Qualité de ce qui est tendre.
  3. 3
    Qualité de ce qui est tendre.
  4. 4
    Qualité de ce qui est encore jeune.

Antonyms

dureté

This word in other languages

tenderness(English)blandura(Español)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tendreté"?
"tendreté" is spelled T-E-N-D-R-E-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃d.ʁə.te\.
What does "tendreté" mean?
As a noun, "tendreté" means: Qualité de ce qui est tendre.
How do you pronounce "tendreté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tendreté" is \tɑ̃d.ʁə.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tendreté" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list