trendy

\tʁɛn.di\

/\tʁɛn.di\/ adj

The verdict

“trendy” is uncommon French (frequency #57,657 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,657
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À la mode, tendance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trendy · trendy · French

trendy · rank #57,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,657
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transnational…

Nearest frequency peer: transnationales (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « trendy »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « trendy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trendy
PropertyValue
Headwordtrendy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁɛn.di\
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,657
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trendy » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).trendytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « transnationales » (#57,656), « trigonométrie » (#57,658), « transnationale » (#57,655). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trendy » est au #57,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trendy is uncommon French at frequency #57,657 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɛn.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À la mode, tendance.".

No misspelling variants are generated for trendy in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 trendy, spelled T-R-E-N-D-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    À la mode, tendance.

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 "trendy"?
"trendy" is spelled T-R-E-N-D-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛn.di\.
What does "trendy" mean?
As an adjective, "trendy" means: À la mode, tendance.
How do you pronounce "trendy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trendy" is \tʁɛn.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list