intellect

\ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\

/\ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\/ noun

The verdict

“intellect” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,253. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,253
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faculté de l’Esprit qu’on nomme aussi entendement et qui est l’intelligence métaphysique, la faculté de connaître supérieure à la raison, au mental.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intellect · intellect · French

intellect · rank #23,253 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,253
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inséparables

Nearest frequency peer: inséparables (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « intellect »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « intellect » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intellect
PropertyValue
Headwordintellect
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,253
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intellect »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).intellectse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inséparables » (#23,252), « institutionnelles » (#23,251), « intestinale » (#23,255). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intellect » est au #23,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around intellect (IPA \ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,253 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Faculté de l’Esprit qu’on nomme aussi entendement et qui est l’intelligence métaphysique, la faculté de connaître supérieure à la raison, au mental.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for intellect, with forms such as "inetllect", "inntellect", and "intelect". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is intellect, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté de l’Esprit qu’on nomme aussi entendement et qui est l’intelligence métaphysique, la faculté de connaître supérieure à la raison, au mental.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how intellect appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] [Aristote] sait que l’homme n’est pas un animal comme les autres. Animal raisonnable, l’être humain semble posséder en soi plus que la forme de son corps ; il y a dans l’âme humaine un principe d’opérations indépendant du corps dans son exercice et par conséquent supérieur à ce que serait une simple forme substantielle, c’est l’intellect.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetllect
  • inntellect
  • intelect
  • intelelct
  • intellcet
  • intellecct
  • intellectt
  • intelletc
  • intlelect
  • inttellect
  • itnellect
  • nitellect

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intellect - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inetllect2inntellect1intelect1intelelct2intellcet2intellecct1intellectt1intelletc2
Edit distance from "intellect"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intellect"?
"intellect" is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\.
What does "intellect" mean?
As a noun, "intellect" means: Faculté de l’Esprit qu’on nomme aussi entendement et qui est l’intelligence métaphysique, la faculté de connaître supérieure à la raison, au mental.
What are common misspellings of "intellect"?
Common misspellings include "inetllect", "inntellect", "intelect", "intelelct", "intellcet". The correct spelling is "intellect".
How do you pronounce "intellect"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intellect" is \ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intellect" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intellect", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list