intercontinental
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal\
The verdict
“intercontinental” has 25 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,242
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 25
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a lieu entre deux continents, et particulièrement entre l’Europe et l’Amérique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intercontinental · intercontinental · French
intercontinental · rank #46,242 · 25 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,242
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 25 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH intentionnés
Nearest frequency peer: intentionnés (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “intercontinental”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- instrumenta…
instrumentaliser
53,762 corpus weight
- insultez
insultez
53,761 corpus weight
- intentionnés
intentionnés
53,760 corpus weight
- intercontin…
intercontinental
53,759 corpus weight
- irriguer
irriguer
53,758 corpus weight
- Ismail
Ismail
53,757 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “intercontinental” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| 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
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 25 spelling variants around intercontinental (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,242 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intercontinental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Relations intercontinentales.
Missile balistique intercontinental.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (25 here; floor ≥5).
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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.