tentent
\tɑ̃t\
The verdict
“tentent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,563
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tentent · tentent · French
tentent · rank #6,563 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,563
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tactique
Nearest frequency peer: tactique (-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 « tentent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- stand
stand
93,441 corpus weight
- sublime
sublime
93,440 corpus weight
- tactique
tactique
93,439 corpus weight
- tentent
tentent
93,438 corpus weight
- tenues
tenues
93,437 corpus weight
- trans
trans
93,436 corpus weight
What this shows « tentent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tentent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tentent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around tentent (IPA \tɑ̃t\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,563 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tentent, with forms such as "etntent", "tenetnt", and "tenntent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tenter", "tentés", "tentez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tentent, spelled T-E-N-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tenter.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de tenter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tentent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Hier, ils ont exprimé leurs sentiments, leur colère. C’est légitime », justifie Britney, une stagiaire en mode, qui se balade sur la place Abbal, tandis que les nettoyeurs tentent d’effacer les balafres de la nuit.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etntent
- tenetnt
- tenntent
- tentennt
- tententt
- tentetn
- tentnet
- tenttent
- tetnent
- tnetent
- ttentent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tentent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tentent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).