tentez

\tɑ̃.te\

/\tɑ̃.te\/ verb

The verdict

“tentez” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,341
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tentez · tentez · French

tentez · rank #18,341 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,341
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tenta

Nearest frequency peer: tenta (-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 « tentez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tentez » 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).

tentez vs tête
50% similar
tentez vs texte
67% similar
tentez vs têtes
50% similar

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

Key facts for tentez
PropertyValue
Headwordtentez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɑ̃.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,341
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tentez »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tentezse 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 « tenta » (#18,340), « teinture » (#18,339), « Thiago » (#18,343). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tentez » est au #18,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around tentez (IPA \tɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,341 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tentez, with forms such as "etntez", "tenetz", and "tenntez". 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, "tête", "texte", "têtes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tentez, spelled T-E-N-T-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tenter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de tenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous tentez de retourner à votre siège et de remettre vos lunettes, mais cette bulle-là ne peut pas être déséclatée.
  2. Si vous vous retrouvez pris dans la baïne, ne tentez pas de rejoindre la terre ferme en nageant à contre-courant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etntez
  • tenetz
  • tenntez
  • tentezz
  • tenttez
  • tentze
  • tetnez
  • tnetez
  • ttentez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tentez - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

etntez2tenetz2tenntez1tentezz1tenttez1tentze2tetnez2tnetez2
Edit distance from "tentez"

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 "tentez"?
"tentez" is spelled T-E-N-T-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃.te\.
What does "tentez" mean?
As a verb, "tentez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tenter.
What words are commonly confused with "tentez"?
"tentez" is commonly confused with "tête", "texte", "têtes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tentez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tentez" is \tɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tentez" come from?
"tentez" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list