intrication

\ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“intrication” is uncommon French (frequency #74,104 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,104
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est enchevêtré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intrication · intrication · French

intrication · rank #74,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,104
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inutilisées

Nearest frequency peer: inutilisées (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « intrication »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intrication » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intrication
PropertyValue
Headwordintrication
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#74,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « intrication » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).intricationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « inutilisées » (#74,105), « interposition » (#74,102), « interpelé » (#74,101). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intrication » est au #74,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intrication is uncommon French at frequency #74,104 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for intrication in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 intrication, spelled I-N-T-R-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est enchevêtré.
  2. 2
    Phénomène par lequel un état de deux particules est inséparable, bien que les deux particules puissent être spatialement séparées. intrication quantique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], l'association à Limnanthemum ne saurait être étroitement délimitée car elle présente des intrications avec les groupements ripicoles sur sa marge externe et, sur sa marge interne, avec des associations flottantes […].
  2. Il faut reconnaître que les fréquentes intrications des groupements ripuaires en compliquent singulièrement l’étude sur le terrain et que seule une analyse très attentive de leur cortège floristique permet d’en dégager les groupes éco-sociologiques constitutifs.

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 "intrication"?
"intrication" is spelled I-N-T-R-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "intrication" mean?
As a noun, "intrication" means: État de ce qui est enchevêtré.
How do you pronounce "intrication"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intrication" is \ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list