intermediate
\ɪn.tɚˈmɪ.dɪ.iət\
The verdict
“intermediate” is uncommon French (frequency #97,046 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,046
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intermédiaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intermediate · intermediate · French
intermediate · rank #97,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,046
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH insurgées
Nearest frequency peer: insurgées (-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 « intermediate »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inquiétées
inquiétées
2,958 corpus weight
- inspi
inspi
2,957 corpus weight
- insurgées
insurgées
2,956 corpus weight
- intermediate
intermediate
2,955 corpus weight
- internalisa…
internalisation
2,954 corpus weight
- interrompez
interrompez
2,953 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intermediate » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intermediate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɪn.tɚˈmɪ.dɪ.iət\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #97,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « intermediate » en français
Rare enough to double-check
intermediate is uncommon French at frequency #97,046 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɪn.tɚˈmɪ.dɪ.iət\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intermédiaire.".
intermediate has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is intermediate, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-E-D-I-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Intermédiaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intermediate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
lower, intermediate and higher
front, intermediate and back
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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