intestinal

\ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\

/\ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\/ adj

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The verdict

“intestinal” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,560
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient ou qui a rapport aux intestins.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intestinal · intestinal · French

intestinal · rank #31,560 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,560
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intermittent

Nearest frequency peer: intermittent (-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 « intestinal »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « intestinal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

intestinal vs intestins
80% similar
intestinal vs intestines
80% similar
intestinal vs intestinale
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for intestinal
PropertyValue
Headwordintestinal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,560
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intestinal »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).intestinalse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intermittent » (#31,559), « introduisent » (#31,561), « intercommunalités » (#31,558). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intestinal » est au #31,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around intestinal (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,560 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui appartient ou qui a rapport aux intestins.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for intestinal, with forms such as "inetstinal", "inntestinal", and "intesitnal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "intestins", "intestines", "intestinale", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is intestinal, spelled I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient ou qui a rapport aux intestins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how intestinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. E.-H. Weber a fait remarquer que le nerf vague se trouve en réciprocité d'action avec le grand sympathique. Ce dernier est fort peu développé chez les serpents, tandis que le rameau intestinal du nerf vague est très gros; le contraire a lieu chez les grenouilles. Les branches intestinales du nerf vague ont aussi beaucoup de volume chez les poissons, […].
  2. Les lésions de la fièvre typhoïde intéressent l'appareil lymphatique, depuis le tissu lymphoïde intestinal (follicules clos et plaques de Peyer) jusqu'aux ganglions mésentériques et à la rate.

This word in other languages

intestinal(English)intestinal(Español)intestinal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetstinal
  • inntestinal
  • intesitnal
  • intesstinal
  • intestianl
  • intestinall
  • intestinla
  • intestinnal
  • intestnial
  • intesttinal
  • intetsinal
  • intsetinal
  • inttestinal
  • itnestinal
  • nitestinal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intestinal - 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.

inetstinal2inntestinal1intesitnal2intesstinal1intestianl2intestinall1intestinla2intestinnal1
Edit distance from "intestinal"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intestinal"?
"intestinal" is spelled I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\.
What does "intestinal" mean?
As an adjective, "intestinal" means: Qui appartient ou qui a rapport aux intestins.
What words are commonly confused with "intestinal"?
"intestinal" is commonly confused with "intestins", "intestines", "intestinale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intestinal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intestinal" is \ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intestinal" come from?
"intestinal" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inhibition#31,554joaillerie#31,566influentes#31,552inflexible#31,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

malveillant15 variantsmobilisées15 variantsmécréants15 variantsexpliquerai15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list