intense
\ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“intense” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,498
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dépasse la mesure ordinaire ; qui est grand, fort ou vif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intense · intense · French
intense · rank #4,498 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,498
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH intellectuelle
Nearest frequency peer: intellectuelle (-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 « intense »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- indépendants
indépendants
95,506 corpus weight
- infrastruct…
infrastructures
95,505 corpus weight
- intellectue…
intellectuelle
95,504 corpus weight
- intense
intense
95,503 corpus weight
- joindre
joindre
95,502 corpus weight
- Li
Li
95,500 corpus weight
What this shows « intense » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | intense |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intense »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around intense (IPA \ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,498 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui dépasse la mesure ordinaire ; qui est grand, fort ou vif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for intense, with forms such as "inetnse", "inntense", and "intenes". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "inverse", "invente", "interné", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is intense, spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Qui dépasse la mesure ordinaire ; qui est grand, fort ou vif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intense appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En dépit de sa réussite, l’Europe connaissait d’intenses frustrations. Cette réussite était pourtant éclatante. Les progrès scientifiques, technologiques et industriels y étaient impressionnants.
Shinzo Abe s’était aussi distingué par son intense activité diplomatique, renforçant notamment l’alliance nippo-américaine — il était proche du président américain Donald Trump, avec qui il partageait la passion du golf.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetnse
- inntense
- intenes
- intennse
- intensse
- intesne
- intnese
- inttense
- itnense
- nitense
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intense - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "intense"?
What does "intense" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "intense"?
How do you pronounce "intense"?
What language does "intense" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intense", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).