# intolerance

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ · frequency rank #15,842

## Definitions
1. The state of being intolerant.
2. Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.

## Easily confused with
- **intolerant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intolerance-vs-intolerant)
- **intolerable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intolerable-vs-intolerance)

## Common misspellings (17)
`inntolerance`, `inotlerance`, `intloerance`, `intoelrance`, `intolearnce`, `intoleracne`, `intolerancce`, `intoleranec`, `intolerannce`, `intolerence`, `intolernace`, `intolerrance`, `intollerance`, `intolreance`, `inttolerance`, `itnolerance`, `nitolerance`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/intolerance