intensifiant
\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɑ̃\
The verdict
“intensifiant” is uncommon French (frequency #81,267 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,267
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de intensifier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intensifiant · intensifiant · French
intensifiant · rank #81,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,267
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH integre
Nearest frequency peer: integre (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « intensifiant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- insistantes
insistantes
18,737 corpus weight
- inspires
inspires
18,736 corpus weight
- integre
integre
18,735 corpus weight
- intensifiant
intensifiant
18,734 corpus weight
- interpreter
interpreter
18,733 corpus weight
- interstice
interstice
18,732 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intensifiant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intensifiant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #81,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « intensifiant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
intensifiant is uncommon French at frequency #81,267 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de intensifier.".
intensifiant has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is intensifiant, spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-I-F-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de intensifier.
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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