intercités

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.si.te\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.si.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“intercités” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,350. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,350
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En Europe, train qui va de ville en ville.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intercites · intercités · French

intercités · rank #41,350 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,350
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH insurgent

Nearest frequency peer: insurgent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « intercités »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « intercités » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

intercités vs interdite
70% similar
intercités vs interdits
80% similar
intercités vs interdites
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for intercités
PropertyValue
Headwordintercités
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.si.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#41,350
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intercités »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intercitésse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « insurgent » (#41,349), « intoxications » (#41,351), « inspirez » (#41,348). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intercités » est au #41,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around intercités (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.si.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,350 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "En Europe, train qui va de ville en ville.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for intercités, with forms such as "inetrcités", "inntercités", and "intecrités". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "interdite", "interdits", "interdites", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is intercités, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-I-T-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    En Europe, train qui va de ville en ville.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how intercités appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’ai l’habitude de prendre l’intercités depuis Marseille et je me gare aussi comme ça. Ça ne me choque pas.” Elle argumente que chez elle, “les gens se garent un peu n’importe comment”.
  2. À trente-six minutes de Londres, un intercités à destination de Worcester s'arrêta sur un tronçon désert avec une belle vue sur la Tamise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrcités
  • inntercités
  • intecrités
  • interccités
  • intercites
  • intercitsé
  • intercittés
  • intercitéss
  • interciéts
  • interctiés
  • interictés
  • interrcités
  • intrecités
  • inttercités
  • itnercités
  • nitercités

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intercités - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

inetrcités2inntercités1intecrités2interccités1intercites1intercitsé2intercittés1intercitéss1
Edit distance from "intercités"

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 "intercités"?
"intercités" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-I-T-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.si.te\.
What does "intercités" mean?
As a noun, "intercités" means: En Europe, train qui va de ville en ville.
What words are commonly confused with "intercités"?
"intercités" is commonly confused with "interdite", "interdits", "interdites". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intercités"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intercités" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intercités" come from?
"intercités" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

invectives#41,353injustifié#41,346immoralité#41,340idéalistes#41,334

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

gémissement16 variantsgermination16 variantsmultilingue16 variantsencourageait16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list