intrigants

\ɛ̃t.ʁi.ɡɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃t.ʁi.ɡɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“intrigants” is uncommon French (frequency #72,440 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,440
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de intrigant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intrigants · intrigants · French

intrigants · rank #72,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,440
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intoxiqués

Nearest frequency peer: intoxiqués (-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 « intrigants »

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 « intrigants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intrigants
PropertyValue
Headwordintrigants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃t.ʁi.ɡɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,440
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « intrigants » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intrigantstombe 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: « intoxiqués » (#72,439), « intriguent » (#72,441), « interrogeaient » (#72,438). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intrigants » est au #72,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intrigants is uncommon French at frequency #72,440 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃t.ʁi.ɡɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de intrigant.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for intrigants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented 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 intrigants, spelled I-N-T-R-I-G-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de intrigant.

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 "intrigants"?
"intrigants" is spelled I-N-T-R-I-G-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃t.ʁi.ɡɑ̃\.
What does "intrigants" mean?
As an adjective, "intrigants" means: Masculin pluriel de intrigant.
How do you pronounce "intrigants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intrigants" is \ɛ̃t.ʁi.ɡɑ̃\. 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 "intrigants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intoxiqués#72,439intriguent#72,441interféron#72,436insularité#72,434

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list