intituler

\ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\

/\ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“intituler” is uncommon French (frequency #52,761 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,761
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigner par un titre le sujet d’un livre, d’une comédie, de quelque ouvrage de l’esprit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intituler · intituler · French

intituler · rank #52,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,761
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intervenez

Nearest frequency peer: intervenez (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « intituler »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intituler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intituler
PropertyValue
Headwordintituler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,761
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « intituler » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intitulertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « intervenez » (#52,760), « intolérante » (#52,762), « interprofessionnelle » (#52,759). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intituler » est au #52,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intituler is uncommon French at frequency #52,761 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for intituler in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists 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 intituler, spelled I-N-T-I-T-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désigner par un titre le sujet d’un livre, d’une comédie, de quelque ouvrage de l’esprit.
  2. 2
    Mettre un titre en tête d’une loi, d’une ordonnance, d’un jugement, etc.
  3. 3
    Se donner abusivement un titre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a intitulé sa pièce… Il a donné au public un ouvrage qu’il a intitulé ainsi…
  2. L’épisode de ce soir s’intitule : …

This word in other languages

entitle(English)betiteln(Deutsch)intitular(Português)

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 "intituler"?
"intituler" is spelled I-N-T-I-T-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\.
What does "intituler" mean?
As a verb, "intituler" means: Désigner par un titre le sujet d’un livre, d’une comédie, de quelque ouvrage de l’esprit.
How do you pronounce "intituler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intituler" is \ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intituler" come from?
"intituler" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list