intrépidité

\ɛ̃.tʁe.pi.di.te\

/\ɛ̃.tʁe.pi.di.te\/ noun

The verdict

“intrépidité” is uncommon French (frequency #83,976 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,976
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermeté inébranlable dans le péril.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intrepidite · intrépidité · French

intrépidité · rank #83,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,976
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intolérances

Nearest frequency peer: intolérances (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “intrépidité”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “intrépidité” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intrépidité
PropertyValue
Headwordintrépidité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tʁe.pi.di.te\
Letters11
Frequency rank#83,976
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “intrépidité” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).intrépiditése 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 « intolérances » (#83,975), « invariables » (#83,977), « interrègne » (#83,974). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intrépidité is uncommon French at frequency #83,976 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tʁe.pi.di.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fermeté inébranlable dans le péril.".

No misspelling variants are generated for intrépidité in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is intrépidité, spelled I-N-T-R-É-P-I-D-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fermeté inébranlable dans le péril.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a fait preuve d’intrépidité, d’une grande intrépidité.
  2. Il avait arraché ses galons sur le front grâce à une intrépidité remarquable.

This word in other languages

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 "intrépidité"?
"intrépidité" is spelled I-N-T-R-É-P-I-D-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tʁe.pi.di.te\.
What does "intrépidité" mean?
As a noun, "intrépidité" means: Fermeté inébranlable dans le péril.
How do you pronounce "intrépidité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intrépidité" is \ɛ̃.tʁe.pi.di.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intrépidité" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list