intelligentsia
/ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/
"intelligentsia" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intelligentsia” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,695
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intelligentsia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #41,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intelligentsia” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around intelligentsia (IPA /ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,695 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for intelligentsia, with forms such as "inetlligentsia", "inntelligentsia", and "inteligentsia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence. The correct English form is intelligentsia, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inetlligentsia,inntelligentsia,inteligentsia,intelilgentsia,intellgientsia,intelliegntsia,intelligenntsia,intelligenstia,intelligentisa,intelligentsai,intelligentssia,intelligenttsia,intelligetnsia,intelliggentsia,intellignetsia,intleligentsia,inttelligentsia,itnelligentsia,nitelligentsia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intelligentsia - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “intelligentsia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T-S-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.