Which to use
“attende” and “attendent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,535
- “attende” frequency rank
- #3,182
- “attendent” frequency rank
- 24717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attende | attendent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de attendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de attendre. |
Same sound, different letters: attende vs attendent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. attende runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against attendent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: attende vs attendent
This is the hard kind. attende and attendent are pronounced identically (\a.tɑ̃d\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “attende” sits inside “attendent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attende is recorded at frequency rank #21,535, classified as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃d\. attendent is at rank #3,182, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃d\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24717, this pair ranks #345,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of attende vs attendent
Shared letters: adent. Private to "attende": -. Private to "attendent": -.
"attende" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "attendent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "attende" and "attendent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "attende" or "attendent"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "attende" / "attendent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "attende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attendent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attende" and "attendent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attende vs atténuée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #345,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.