intelligents

\ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“intelligents” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,845
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de intelligent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intelligents · intelligents · French

intelligents · rank #7,845 · 17 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,845
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH individuels

Nearest frequency peer: individuels (-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 « intelligents »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intelligents » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

intelligents vs intelligentsia
86% similar
intelligents vs intelligent
92% similar
intelligents vs intelligence
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for intelligents
PropertyValue
Headwordintelligents
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#7,845
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intelligents »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).intelligentsse 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 « individuels » (#7,844), « interdits » (#7,846), « indication » (#7,843). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intelligents » est au #7,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around intelligents (IPA \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,845 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de intelligent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for intelligents, with forms such as "inetlligents", "inntelligents", and "inteligents". 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. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "intelligentsia", "intelligent", "intelligence", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is intelligents, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de intelligent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il écrivit au total 3 articles et dans le dernier il rappela les propos qu’il avait ressenti comme insultants le fait que ceux qui effectivement étaient en faveur de la cause de recatalaniser Valence étaient, selon la description de Martínez Ferrando les plus intelligents, alors que ceux qui étaient en faveur de "revalencianiser" Valence étaient "les pauv…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetlligents
  • inntelligents
  • inteligents
  • intelilgents
  • intellgients
  • intelliegnts
  • intelligennts
  • intelligenst
  • intelligentss
  • intelligentts
  • intelligetns
  • intelliggents
  • intellignets
  • intleligents
  • inttelligents
  • itnelligents
  • nitelligents

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intelligents - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inetlligents2inntelligents1inteligents1intelilgents2intellgients2intelliegnts2intelligennts1intelligenst2
Edit distance from "intelligents"

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 "intelligents"?
"intelligents" is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "intelligents" mean?
As an adjective, "intelligents" means: Masculin pluriel de intelligent.
What words are commonly confused with "intelligents"?
"intelligents" is commonly confused with "intelligentsia", "intelligent", "intelligence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intelligents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intelligents" is \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intelligents" come from?
"intelligents" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list