Which to use
“tendre” and “tentée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,999
- “tendre” frequency rank
- #23,391
- “tentée” frequency rank
- 28390
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tendre | tentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut aisément être entamé. | Féminin singulier de tenté. |
Where the eye mixes tendre and tentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between tendre and tentée
A purely visual mix-up. tendre (\tɑ̃dʁ\) and tentée (\tɑ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tendre is recorded at frequency rank #4,999, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃dʁ\. tentée is at rank #23,391, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃.te\.
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 28390, this pair ranks #323,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tendre vs tentée
Shared letters: ent. Private to "tendre": dr. Private to "tentée": é.
"tendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "tentée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tendre ← etndre · tednre · tenddre · tendrre · tenndre · tenrde · tnedre · ttendre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tendre" and "tentée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tendre" or "tentée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tentée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #323,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tendre" and "tentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tender vs tentée". 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 #323,147 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.