intermittente
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃t\
The verdict
“intermittente” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,818
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Femme qui ne travaille pas de façon continue.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intermittente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #40,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intermittente” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around intermittente (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,818 among 142,603 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for intermittente, with forms such as "inetrmittente", "inntermittente", and "intemrittente". 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, "intermittents", "intermittent", "intermittence", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is intermittente, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-I-T-T-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui ne travaille pas de façon continue.
- 2Femme artiste qui travaille de façon discontinue.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetrmittente
- inntermittente
- intemrittente
- interimttente
- intermitente
- intermitetnte
- intermittenet
- intermittennte
- intermittentte
- intermittetne
- intermittnete
- intermmittente
- intermtitente
- interrmittente
- intremittente
- inttermittente
- itnermittente
- nitermittente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intermittente - 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.
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 “intermittente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-R-M-I-T-T-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “intermittents” - see the side-by-side comparison. intermittente vs intermittents
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.