intimide
\ɛ̃.ti.mid\
The verdict
“intimide” is an uncommon French word, ranked #52,127 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #52,127
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intimider.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intimide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.ti.mid\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intimide” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intimide is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.ti.mid\. Corpus data places it at rank #52,127 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for intimide in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is intimide, spelled I-N-T-I-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intimider.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de intimider.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de intimider.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de intimider.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de intimider.
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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Using “intimide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-I-M-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.ti.mid\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.