intorsion
\ɛ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“intorsion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entortillement, enroulement, rotation, de dehors en dedans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intorsion · intorsion · French
intorsion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intorsion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
intorsion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for intorsion in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is intorsion, spelled I-N-T-O-R-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Entortillement, enroulement, rotation, de dehors en dedans.
- 2Rotation du globe oculaire vers le nez.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intorsion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Portons plus loin nos recherches, et voyons dans ces révolutions périodiques la cause première de l'intorsion volubile des plantes grimpantes.
Si la tête est inclinée sur lʼépaule droite, lʼœil droit se met en intorsion et lʼœil gauche en extorsion.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.