intestin
\ɛ̃.tɛs.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“intestin” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,167
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viscère abdominal, partie du tube digestif qui suit l’estomac jusqu’à l’anus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intestin · intestin · French
intestin · rank #17,167 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,167
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inside
Nearest frequency peer: inside (-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 « intestin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- infime
infime
82,837 corpus weight
- infériorité
infériorité
82,836 corpus weight
- inside
inside
82,835 corpus weight
- intestin
intestin
82,834 corpus weight
- intimement
intimement
82,833 corpus weight
- intolérable
intolérable
82,832 corpus weight
What this shows « intestin » 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 | intestin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛs.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intestin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around intestin (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛs.tɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,167 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for intestin, with forms such as "inetstin", "inntestin", and "intesitn". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "investi", "investir", "investit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is intestin, spelled I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Viscère abdominal, partie du tube digestif qui suit l’estomac jusqu’à l’anus.
- 2Subdivision de ce viscère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intestin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des nausées l'assiégeaient et des borborygmes travaillaient sournoisement ses intestins.
Les viscères herniés se trouvaient donc à la partie supérieure : c'était une masse d’intestins réunis en bloc, toutes les circonvolutions réunies par de fausses membranes, une fausse membrane générale enveloppant toute la masse ; […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetstin
- inntestin
- intesitn
- intesstin
- intestinn
- intestni
- intesttin
- intetsin
- intsetin
- inttestin
- itnestin
- nitestin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intestin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).