intox

\ɛ̃.tɔks\

/\ɛ̃.tɔks\/ noun

The verdict

“intox” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,700. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,700
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Matraquage idéologique qui cherche à prendre possession des esprits.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intox · intox · French

intox · rank #25,700 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,700
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intouchables

Nearest frequency peer: intouchables (-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 « intox »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intox » 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).

intox vs ito
60% similar
intox vs intra
60% similar
intox vs intro
60% similar

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

Key facts for intox
PropertyValue
Headwordintox
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɔks\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,700
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intox »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intouchables » (#25,699), « iraient » (#25,703), « instituteurs » (#25,696). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intox » est au #25,700. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around intox (IPA \ɛ̃.tɔks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,700 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for intox, with forms such as "inntox", "inotx", and "intoxx". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ito", "intra", "intro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is intox, spelled I-N-T-O-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Matraquage idéologique qui cherche à prendre possession des esprits.
  2. 2
    Fausse information délivrée en connaissance de cause.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le fascisme que vous portez à l'écran a deux visages. Celui, spectaculaire, des parades (…). Et sa face cachée : le fascisme quotidien, celui qui imprègne les mentalités et les habitudes. Ettore Scola − C'est cela justement qui m'intéressait : « l’intox », la violence qui s'attaque aux sentiments.
  2. La déconstruction, à certains égards, aurait pu faire le lit de la falsification. Au demeurant, les croupiers d’élections yankees n'ont pas attendu Derrida pour faire de l’intox.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inntox
  • inotx
  • intoxx
  • inttox
  • intxo
  • itnox
  • nitox

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inntox1inotx2intoxx1inttox1intxo2itnox2nitox2
Edit distance from "intox"

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 "intox"?
"intox" is spelled I-N-T-O-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɔks\.
What does "intox" mean?
As a noun, "intox" means: Matraquage idéologique qui cherche à prendre possession des esprits.
What words are commonly confused with "intox"?
"intox" is commonly confused with "ito", "intra", "intro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intox"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intox" is \ɛ̃.tɔks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intox" come from?
"intox" 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 "intox", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list