intercalaires
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“intercalaires” is uncommon French (frequency #60,109 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,109
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de intercalaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intercalaires · intercalaires · French
intercalaires · rank #60,109 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,109
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH intempestive
Nearest frequency peer: intempestive (-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 « intercalaires »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- instituto
instituto
39,895 corpus weight
- insuffle
insuffle
39,894 corpus weight
- intempestive
intempestive
39,893 corpus weight
- intercalair…
intercalaires
39,892 corpus weight
- interressant
interressant
39,891 corpus weight
- interurbain
interurbain
39,890 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intercalaires » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intercalaires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « intercalaires » en français
Rare enough to double-check
intercalaires is uncommon French at frequency #60,109 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de intercalaire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for intercalaires, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is intercalaires, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-A-L-A-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de intercalaire.
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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