intelligent
\ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\
The verdict
“intelligent” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,463 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,463
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est pourvu de la faculté de comprendre, qui est capable de concevoir et de raisonner.
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intelligent is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,463 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “intelligent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “intelligente” - see the side-by-side comparison. intelligent vs intelligente
- 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.