intersectionnalité

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sjɔ.na.li.te\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sjɔ.na.li.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“intersectionnalité” is uncommon French (frequency #92,867 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,867
frequency rank, French
142,603
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Méthodologie sociologique et féministe qui étudie les formes de domination et de discrimination non pas séparément, mais dans leur intersection, en partant du principe que le racisme, le sexisme, l...

Corpus desk

Index FR-intersectionnalite · intersectionnalité · French

intersectionnalité · rank #92,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,867
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 142,603
  • PHOTO-FINISH intendante

Nearest frequency peer: intendante (-2 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 “intersectionnalité”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “intersectionnalité” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for intersectionnalité
PropertyValue
Headwordintersectionnalité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sjɔ.na.li.te\
Letters18
Frequency rank#92,867
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “intersectionnalité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). intersectionnalité lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intersectionnalité is uncommon French at frequency #92,867 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sjɔ.na.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Méthodologie sociologique et féministe qui étudie les formes de domination et de discrimination non pas séparément, mais dans leur intersection, en partant du principe que le racisme, le sexisme, l...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for intersectionnalité, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is intersectionnalité, spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Méthodologie sociologique et féministe qui étudie les formes de domination et de discrimination non pas séparément, mais dans leur intersection, en partant du principe que le racisme, le sexisme, l’homophobie ou les rapports de domination sont liés.

This word in other languages

intersectionality(English)interseccionalidad(Español)intersektionalität(Deutsch)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intersectionnalité"?
"intersectionnalité" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sjɔ.na.li.te\.
What does "intersectionnalité" mean?
As a noun, "intersectionnalité" means: Méthodologie sociologique et féministe qui étudie les formes de domination et de discrimination non pas séparément, mais dans leur intersection, en partant du principe que le racisme, le sexisme, l...
How do you pronounce "intersectionnalité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intersectionnalité" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sjɔ.na.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intersectionnalité" come from?
"intersectionnalité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intersectionnalité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list