tentera

\tɑ̃.tə.ʁa\

/\tɑ̃.tə.ʁa\/ verb

The verdict

“tentera” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,047
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tentera · tentera · French

tentera · rank #23,047 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,047
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tardé

Nearest frequency peer: tardé (-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 « tentera »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tentera » 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).

tentera vs tester
71% similar
tentera vs tentés
57% similar
tentera vs tentez
71% similar

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

Key facts for tentera
PropertyValue
Headwordtentera
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɑ̃.tə.ʁa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,047
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tentera »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tenterase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tardé » (#23,046), « tex » (#23,048), « taillée » (#23,045). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tentera » est au #23,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tentera (IPA \tɑ̃.tə.ʁa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,047 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du futur de tenter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tentera, with forms such as "etntera", "tenetra", and "tenntera". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "tester", "tentés", "tentez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tentera, spelled T-E-N-T-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du futur de tenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Film non prévu, non voulu, film à deux auteurs et pourtant, à proprement parler, «désauteurisé», que Wim par deux fois, tentera d'arrêter pour lui donner sa signature, au prix de sa culpabilité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etntera
  • tenetra
  • tenntera
  • tentear
  • tenterra
  • tentrea
  • tenttera
  • tetnera
  • tnetera
  • ttentera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etntera2tenetra2tenntera1tentear2tenterra1tentrea2tenttera1tetnera2
Edit distance from "tentera"

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

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tentera", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list