intercède
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛd\
The verdict
“intercède” is uncommon French (frequency #85,827 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,827
- 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 intercéder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intercede · intercède · French
intercède · rank #85,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,827
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH interviewées
Nearest frequency peer: interviewées (+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 « intercède »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inoccupées
inoccupées
14,178 corpus weight
- inspectant
inspectant
14,176 corpus weight
- intercède
intercède
14,174 corpus weight
- interviewées
interviewées
14,173 corpus weight
- intramuscul…
intramusculaire
14,172 corpus weight
- investigate…
investigateurs
14,171 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intercède » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intercède |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « intercède » en français
Rare enough to double-check
intercède is uncommon French at frequency #85,827 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for intercède, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is intercède, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-È-D-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intercéder.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intercéder.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de intercéder.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de intercéder.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de intercéder.
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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