intersexuel
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sɥɛl\
The verdict
“intersexuel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intersexué, en état d’ambiguïté sexuelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intersexuel · intersexuel · French
intersexuel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intersexuel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sɥɛl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « intersexuel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
intersexuel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sɥɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
intersexuel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, 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 intersexuel, spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-E-X-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1Intersexué, en état d’ambiguïté sexuelle.
- 2Entre les membres de sexes différents, entre les sexes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how intersexuel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La prostitution est le signe tangible, caricature mais aussi quintessence, du schème des rapports intersexuels dans notre société.
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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.