intendance

\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“intendance” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,852
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fonction d’un intendant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intendance · intendance · French

intendance · rank #27,852 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,852
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inséparable

Nearest frequency peer: inséparable (-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 « intendance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intendance » 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).

intendance vs intendant
80% similar

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

Key facts for intendance
PropertyValue
Headwordintendance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,852
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intendance »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).intendancese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inséparable » (#27,851), « internement » (#27,853), « instrumentale » (#27,850). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intendance » est au #27,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around intendance (IPA \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,852 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for intendance, with forms such as "inetndance", "inntendance", and "intednance". 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, "intendant", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is intendance, spelled I-N-T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fonction d’un intendant.
  2. 2
    Corps chargé de tout ce qui concerne l’administration et la comptabilité de l’armée.
  3. 3
    Endroit où sont les bureaux de celui qui remplit la fonction d’intendant.
  4. 4
    Charge, fonction publique ou autre, maintenant abolies.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il lui a donné l’intendance de sa maison, de ses finances, de ses biens.
  2. — Cela n’est pas de son intendance.

This word in other languages

stewardship(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetndance
  • inntendance
  • intednance
  • intenadnce
  • intendacne
  • intendancce
  • intendanec
  • intendannce
  • intenddance
  • intendnace
  • intenndance
  • intnedance
  • inttendance
  • itnendance
  • nitendance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intendance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

inetndance2inntendance1intednance2intenadnce2intendacne2intendancce1intendanec2intendannce1
Edit distance from "intendance"

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 "intendance"?
"intendance" is spelled I-N-T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\.
What does "intendance" mean?
As a noun, "intendance" means: Fonction d’un intendant.
What words are commonly confused with "intendance"?
"intendance" is commonly confused with "intendant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intendance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intendance" is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intendance" come from?
"intendance" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

guirlandes15 variantsfleurissent15 variantsdésastres15 variantsremarquent15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list