intersexe
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛks\
The verdict
“intersexe” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être humain dont les caractéristiques sexuelles ne correspondent pas aux définitions typiques de « mâle » ou « femelle » selon les normes médicales en vigueur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intersexe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛks\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intersexe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intersexe is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛks\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for intersexe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is intersexe, spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-E-X-E.
Definition
- 1Être humain dont les caractéristiques sexuelles ne correspondent pas aux définitions typiques de « mâle » ou « femelle » selon les normes médicales en vigueur.
- 2Animal dont les caractéristiques sexuelles ne correspondent pas aux définitions typiques de « mâle » ou « femelle », ou variant au cours de la vie sans changement chromosomique.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “intersexe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-R-S-E-X-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.