intercaler
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.le\
The verdict
“intercaler” is uncommon French (frequency #69,165 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,165
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insérer un jour, de quatre ans en quatre ans, dans le mois de février, afin de caler plus exactement l'année avec le cours du soleil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intercaler · intercaler · French
intercaler · rank #69,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,165
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH intercalaire
Nearest frequency peer: intercalaire (-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 « intercaler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- instrumenta…
instrumentaux
30,838 corpus weight
- intercalaire
intercalaire
30,837 corpus weight
- intercaler
intercaler
30,836 corpus weight
- intervenons
intervenons
30,835 corpus weight
- intimistes
intimistes
30,834 corpus weight
- introductive
introductive
30,833 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intercaler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intercaler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.le\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « intercaler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
intercaler is uncommon French at frequency #69,165 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for intercaler in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is intercaler, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Insérer un jour, de quatre ans en quatre ans, dans le mois de février, afin de caler plus exactement l'année avec le cours du soleil.
- 2Ajouter quelque chose après coup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intercaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les années bissextiles on intercale un jour.
Au lieu de nettoyer les graines ébossées, G. Duval a imaginé d'agir sur la bourre en intercalant entre l’ébourreur et l’ébosseur un crible tronconique dont la surface latérale est garnie de feuilles de zinc perforées […].
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); 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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