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
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui ne travaille pas de façon continue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intermittente · intermittente · French
intermittente · rank #40,818 · 18 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,818
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH instructive
Nearest frequency peer: instructive (-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 « intermittente »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- infâmes
infâmes
59,186 corpus weight
- inonde
inonde
59,185 corpus weight
- instructive
instructive
59,184 corpus weight
- intermitten…
intermittente
59,183 corpus weight
- intrigant
intrigant
59,182 corpus weight
- investies
investies
59,181 corpus weight
What this shows « intermittente » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intermittente »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around intermittente (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,818 among 3,561 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how intermittente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant les premières années, j’ai été une intermittente de l’animation.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intermittente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).