tenta

\tɑ̃.ta\

/\tɑ̃.ta\/ verb

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The verdict

“tenta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,340
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tenta · tenta · French

tenta · rank #18,340 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,340
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH teinture

Nearest frequency peer: teinture (-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 « tenta »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tenta » 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).

tenta vs TNT
0% similar
tenta vs tête
40% similar
tenta vs tenu
60% similar

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

Key facts for tenta
PropertyValue
Headwordtenta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɑ̃.ta\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,340
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tenta »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tentase 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 « teinture » (#18,339), « tentez » (#18,341), « tam » (#18,338). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tenta » est au #18,340. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tenta (IPA \tɑ̃.ta\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,340 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tenter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tenta, with forms such as "etnta", "tenat", and "tennta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TNT", "tête", "tenu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tenta, spelled T-E-N-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle tenta d’entraîner François et, comme celui-ci l’envoyait paître, elle l’abandonna, ouvrit la porte et la referma violemment.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etnta
  • tenat
  • tennta
  • tentta
  • tetna
  • tneta
  • ttenta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tenta - 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.

etnta2tenat2tennta1tentta1tetna2tneta2ttenta1
Edit distance from "tenta"

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 "tenta"?
"tenta" is spelled T-E-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃.ta\.
What does "tenta" mean?
As a verb, "tenta" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tenter.
What words are commonly confused with "tenta"?
"tenta" is commonly confused with "TNT", "tête", "tenu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tenta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tenta" is \tɑ̃.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tenta" come from?
"tenta" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suive#18,330stark#18,328skate#18,322vases#18,359

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

venin7 variantsverso7 variantsrides7 variantswomen7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list