intelligentsia

/\in.tɛ.li.ɡɛn.tsja\/ noun

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,368

in French word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

intelligentsia is aFrenchnoun. It means: Groupe d’intellectuels russes du XIXᵉ siècle connus pour leurs aspirations révolutionnaires. Pronounced \in.tɛ.li.ɡɛn.tsja\. Often confused with intelligents.

Key facts for intelligentsia
PropertyValue
Headwordintelligentsia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\in.tɛ.li.ɡɛn.tsja\
Letters14
Frequency rank#38,368
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of intelligentsia in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for intelligentsia is 14 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \in.tɛ.li.ɡɛn.tsja\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,368 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for intelligentsia, with forms such as "inetlligentsia", "inntelligentsia", and "inteligentsia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "intelligents", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is intelligentsia, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T-S-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Groupe d’intellectuels russes du XIXᵉ siècle connus pour leurs aspirations révolutionnaires.
  2. 2
    Appellation plus ou moins péjorative d’un groupe souvent local d’intellectuels ou de notables.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetlligentsia,inntelligentsia,inteligentsia,intelilgentsia,intellgientsia,intelliegntsia,intelligenntsia,intelligenstia,intelligentisa,intelligentsai,intelligentssia,intelligenttsia,intelligetnsia,intelliggentsia,intellignetsia,intleligentsia,inttelligentsia,itnelligentsia,nitelligentsia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intelligentsia

Misspelling Variants of "intelligentsia"

inetlligentsia14inntelligentsia15inteligentsia13intelilgentsia14intellgientsia14intelliegntsia14intelligenntsia15intelligenstia14
Misspelling Variants of "intelligentsia"

Frequency rank: #38,368 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intelligentsia"?
"intelligentsia" is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T-S-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \in.tɛ.li.ɡɛn.tsja\.
What does "intelligentsia" mean?
As a noun, "intelligentsia" means: Groupe d’intellectuels russes du XIXᵉ siècle connus pour leurs aspirations révolutionnaires.
What words are commonly confused with "intelligentsia"?
"intelligentsia" is commonly confused with "intelligents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intelligentsia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intelligentsia" is \in.tɛ.li.ɡɛn.tsja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intelligentsia" come from?
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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.