intransigeant

\ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“intransigeant” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,666
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne transige pas ; qui n’accepte pas de transaction ou d’accommodement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intransigeant · intransigeant · French

intransigeant · rank #30,666 · 20 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,666
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH interrogeant

Nearest frequency peer: interrogeant (-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 « intransigeant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intransigeant » 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).

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

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

Key facts for intransigeant
PropertyValue
Headwordintransigeant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#30,666
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intransigeant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intransigeantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « interrogeant » (#30,665), « intrinsèquement » (#30,667), « instructeurs » (#30,664). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intransigeant » est au #30,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around intransigeant (IPA \ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,666 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui ne transige pas ; qui n’accepte pas de transaction ou d’accommodement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for intransigeant, with forms such as "inntransigeant", "inrtansigeant", and "intarnsigeant". 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, "intransigeante", "intransigeance", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is intransigeant, spelled I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-G-E-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne transige pas ; qui n’accepte pas de transaction ou d’accommodement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vilfredo Pareto raille les naïfs bourgeois qui sont heureux de ne plus être menacés par les marxis­tes intransigeants et de tomber sous la coupe des marxistes transigeants.
  2. Et ce fut pour lui tout à coup une découverte incroyable ; il comprit […] que nulle part au monde il ne restait d’endroit où un Smallways pourrait orgueilleusement lever la tête, voter pour la guerre ou pour une politique étrangère énergique et intransigeante, et demeurer en sécurité, loin de ces atroces conséquences de son vote.

Synonyms

inexorable

Antonyms

transigeant

This word in other languages

intransigent(English)intransigente(Español)intransigent(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inntransigeant
  • inrtansigeant
  • intarnsigeant
  • intranisgeant
  • intrannsigeant
  • intransgieant
  • intransiegant
  • intransigaent
  • intransigeannt
  • intransigeantt
  • intransigeatn
  • intransigenat
  • intransiggeant
  • intranssigeant
  • intrasnigeant
  • intrnasigeant
  • intrransigeant
  • inttransigeant
  • itnransigeant
  • nitransigeant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inntransigeant1inrtansigeant2intarnsigeant2intranisgeant2intrannsigeant1intransgieant2intransiegant2intransigaent2
Edit distance from "intransigeant"

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 "intransigeant"?
"intransigeant" is spelled I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-G-E-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "intransigeant" mean?
As an adjective, "intransigeant" means: Qui ne transige pas ; qui n’accepte pas de transaction ou d’accommodement.
What words are commonly confused with "intransigeant"?
"intransigeant" is commonly confused with "intransigeante", "intransigeance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intransigeant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intransigeant" is \ɛ̃t.ʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intransigeant" come from?
"intransigeant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

impérialistes#30,649personnalisés#30,737qualificatifs#30,761spécification#30,819

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

démembrement20 variantsséquestration20 variantsTémiscamingue20 variantsbénéficieront20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list