intransigeance

\ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“intransigeance” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,092
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère d’une personne intransigeante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intransigeance · intransigeance · French

intransigeance · rank #31,092 · 21 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,092
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH interrompus

Nearest frequency peer: interrompus (-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 « intransigeance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intransigeance » 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).

intransigeance vs intransigeant
86% similar
intransigeance vs intransigeante
93% similar

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

Key facts for intransigeance
PropertyValue
Headwordintransigeance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃s\
Letters14
Frequency rank#31,092
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intransigeance »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).intransigeancese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « interrompus » (#31,091), « intéresses » (#31,093), « interrompues » (#31,090). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intransigeance » est au #31,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around intransigeance (IPA \ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,092 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Caractère d’une personne intransigeante.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for intransigeance, with forms such as "inntransigeance", "inrtansigeance", and "intarnsigeance". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "intransigeant", "intransigeante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is intransigeance, spelled I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-G-E-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère d’une personne intransigeante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette intransigeance et cette hauteur sont dans l’ordre. M. Téclé Hawariaté ne serait pas diplomate (et il l'est au superlatif) s'il ne faisait le renchéri et l’irréductible à l'heure où semblent s'amorcer des négociations.
  2. Ils savent combiner, dans leurs discours pompeux, fougueux et nébuleux, l’intransigeance la plus absolue avec l'op­portunisme le plus souple.

This word in other languages

intransigence(English)intransigencia(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inntransigeance
  • inrtansigeance
  • intarnsigeance
  • intranisgeance
  • intrannsigeance
  • intransgieance
  • intransiegance
  • intransigaence
  • intransigeacne
  • intransigeancce
  • intransigeanec
  • intransigeannce
  • intransigenace
  • intransiggeance
  • intranssigeance
  • intrasnigeance
  • intrnasigeance
  • intrransigeance
  • inttransigeance
  • itnransigeance
  • nitransigeance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intransigeance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inntransigeance1inrtansigeance2intarnsigeance2intranisgeance2intrannsigeance1intransgieance2intransiegance2intransigaence2
Edit distance from "intransigeance"

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 "intransigeance"?
"intransigeance" is spelled I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-G-E-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃s\.
What does "intransigeance" mean?
As a noun, "intransigeance" means: Caractère d’une personne intransigeante.
What words are commonly confused with "intransigeance"?
"intransigeance" is commonly confused with "intransigeant", "intransigeante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intransigeance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intransigeance" is \ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intransigeance" come from?
"intransigeance" 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 "intransigeance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list