intelligent
\ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\
The verdict
“intelligent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,463
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est pourvu de la faculté de comprendre, qui est capable de concevoir et de raisonner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intelligent · intelligent · French
intelligent · rank #3,463 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,463
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH identifier
Nearest frequency peer: identifier (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “intelligent”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hautes
hautes
96,541 corpus weight
- hey
hey
96,540 corpus weight
- identifier
identifier
96,539 corpus weight
- intelligent
intelligent
96,538 corpus weight
- italienne
italienne
96,537 corpus weight
- justifier
justifier
96,536 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “intelligent” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intelligent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intelligent” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around intelligent (IPA \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,463 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for intelligent, with forms such as "inetlligent", "inntelligent", and "inteligent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "intelligente", "intelligents", "intelligentes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is intelligent, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est pourvu de la faculté de comprendre, qui est capable de concevoir et de raisonner.
- 2Qui a beaucoup d’intelligence ; qui conçoit facilement.
- 3Qui exprime de l’intelligence.
- 4Qui a beaucoup d’habileté, d’adresse.
- 5Connecté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intelligent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'humain est l'être le plus intelligent sur Terre.
Le vulgaire confond toujours l’instruction et l’intelligence : il y a des illettrés fort intelligents ; seulement leur intelligence ne s’exerce que sur un petit nombre de notions usuelles. Ils ne peuvent lutter, sur le terrain civilisé, avec l’imbécile instruit : ils ne disposent que d’un bâton et l’imbécile est armé d’une carabine à répétition.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetlligent
- inntelligent
- inteligent
- intelilgent
- intellgient
- intelliegnt
- intelligennt
- intelligentt
- intelligetn
- intelliggent
- intellignet
- intleligent
- inttelligent
- itnelligent
- nitelligent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intelligent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intelligent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "intelligent" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "intelligente". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,463 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.