intercontinental
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal\
The verdict
“intercontinental” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #46,242 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #46,242
- frequency rank, French
- 16
- letters
- 25
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a lieu entre deux continents, et particulièrement entre l’Europe et l’Amérique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intercontinental |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #46,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 25 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intercontinental” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intercontinental is 16 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,242 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui a lieu entre deux continents, et particulièrement entre l’Europe et l’Amérique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for intercontinental, with forms such as "inetrcontinental", "inntercontinental", and "intecrontinental". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is intercontinental, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a lieu entre deux continents, et particulièrement entre l’Europe et l’Amérique.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inetrcontinental,inntercontinental,intecrontinental,interccontinental,intercnotinental,interconitnental,interconntinental,intercontienntal,intercontinenatl,intercontinenntal,intercontinentall,intercontinentla,intercontinenttal,intercontinetnal,intercontinnental,intercontinnetal,intercontniental,interconttinental,intercotninental,interocntinental,interrcontinental,intrecontinental,inttercontinental,itnercontinental,nitercontinental
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intercontinental - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “intercontinental”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-R-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.