intransigence
/ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/noun
intransigence is spelled I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-G-E-N-C-E: 13 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, intransigence means “Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of intransigence is intransigences.
How many letters and syllables are in intransigence?
| Letters | 13: I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-G-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is intransigence?
Intransigence appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce intransigence?
- /ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/
Intransigence has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-intransigence.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of intransigence
- intransigences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does intransigence mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
Near-synonyms: stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intransigence in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense intransigence:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intransigeance |
| German | Unnachgiebigkeit, Intransigenz |
| Spanish | intransigencia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does intransigence come from?
From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).