intellect
\ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\
The verdict
“intellect” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #23,253 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,253
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intellect |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intellect” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intellect is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,253 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Faculté de l’Esprit qu’on nomme aussi entendement et qui est l’intelligence métaphysique, la faculté de connaître supérieure à la raison, au mental.
Synonyms
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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.
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.
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Using “intellect”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.