intelligibles
\ɛ̃.te.li.ʒibl\
The verdict
“intelligibles” is uncommon French (frequency #69,929 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,929
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de intelligible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intelligibles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒibl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #69,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intelligibles” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
intelligibles is uncommon French at frequency #69,929 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de intelligible.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for intelligibles, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is intelligibles, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-I-B-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de intelligible.
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 “intelligibles”
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-I-B-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒibl\ (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
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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.