intime

\ɛ̃.tim\

/\ɛ̃.tim\/ adj

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The verdict

“intime” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,469
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Profondément intérieur, en parlant surtout de ce qui fait l’essence réelle d’une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intime · intime · French

intime · rank #5,469 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,469
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inspire

Nearest frequency peer: inspire (-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 « intime »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intime » 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).

intime vs invite
67% similar
intime vs isthme
67% similar
intime vs inutile
71% similar

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

Key facts for intime
PropertyValue
Headwordintime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.tim\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,469
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intime »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inspire » (#5,468), « jaloux » (#5,470), « insiste » (#5,467). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intime » est au #5,469. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around intime (IPA \ɛ̃.tim\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,469 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for intime, with forms such as "initme", "inntime", and "intiem". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "invite", "isthme", "inutile", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is intime, spelled I-N-T-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Profondément intérieur, en parlant surtout de ce qui fait l’essence réelle d’une chose.
  2. 2
    Qui lie étroitement certaines choses entre elles.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une amitié, un attachement réciproque, qui est spécialement proche, authentique ou confiant.
  4. 4
    Qui a et pour qui l’on a une affection profonde, de qui l'on se sent particulièrement proche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Plus que l'opinion cancanière, l'instituteur redoute l’intime réaction d'Héloïse.
  2. Un problème d’incontinence peut ne pas être reconnu étant donné la répugnance de la personne à parler de quelque chose d'aussi privé et d'aussi intime que la fonction urinaire.

This word in other languages

intimate(English)íntimo(Español)intim(Deutsch)familiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • initme
  • inntime
  • intiem
  • intimme
  • intmie
  • inttime
  • itnime
  • nitime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intime - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

initme2inntime1intiem2intimme1intmie2inttime1itnime2nitime2
Edit distance from "intime"

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 "intime"?
"intime" is spelled I-N-T-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tim\.
What does "intime" mean?
As an adjective, "intime" means: Profondément intérieur, en parlant surtout de ce qui fait l’essence réelle d’une chose.
What words are commonly confused with "intime"?
"intime" is commonly confused with "invite", "isthme", "inutile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intime" is \ɛ̃.tim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intime" come from?
"intime" 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 "intime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jaloux#5,470moulin#5,480Ottawa#5,482rayons#5,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

goûts8 variantsplomb8 variantsdouter8 variantsantenne8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list