intensité lumineuse
\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.te ly.mi.nøz\
The verdict
“intensité lumineuse” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mesure de l’éclat perçu par l’œil humain standard d’une source lumineuse, définie comme le flux lumineux émis dans une unité d’angle solide. L’unité SI en est le candela (cd), égal par définition a...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intensité lumineuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.te ly.mi.nøz\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intensité lumineuse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intensité lumineuse is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.te ly.mi.nøz\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mesure de l’éclat perçu par l’œil humain standard d’une source lumineuse, définie comme le flux lumineux émis dans une unité d’angle solide. L’unité SI en est le candela (cd), égal par définition a...".
No misspelling variants are generated for intensité lumineuse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is intensité lumineuse, spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-I-T-É- -L-U-M-I-N-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Mesure de l’éclat perçu par l’œil humain standard d’une source lumineuse, définie comme le flux lumineux émis dans une unité d’angle solide. L’unité SI en est le candela (cd), égal par définition au lumen par stéradian.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “intensité lumineuse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-N-S-I-T-É- -L-U-M-I-N-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.te ly.mi.nøz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.