intente

\ɛ̃.tɑ̃t\

/\ɛ̃.tɑ̃t\/ verb

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The verdict

“intente” is uncommon French (frequency #57,341 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,341
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intente · intente · French

intente · rank #57,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,341
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH instrumentali…

Nearest frequency peer: instrumentalisé (-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 « intente »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intente » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intente
PropertyValue
Headwordintente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « intente » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intentetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « instrumentalisé » (#57,340), « intentionnalité » (#57,342), « institutionnalisé » (#57,339). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intente » est au #57,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intente is uncommon French at frequency #57,341 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

intente doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is intente, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intenter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intenter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de intenter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de intenter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de intenter.

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 "intente"?
"intente" is spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃t\.
What does "intente" mean?
As a verb, "intente" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intenter.
How do you pronounce "intente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intente" is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intente" come from?
"intente" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list