intriquer

\ɛ̃.tʁi.ke\

/\ɛ̃.tʁi.ke\/ verb

The verdict

“intriquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

Corpus desk

Index FR-intriquer · intriquer · French

intriquer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for intriquer
PropertyValue
Headwordintriquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tʁi.ke\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « intriquer » en français

intriquerreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intriquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tʁi.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for intriquer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is intriquer, spelled I-N-T-R-I-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
  2. 2
    Disposer en croisant et recroisant.
  3. 3
    Mêler de façon embrouillée.
  4. 4
    Relier l’état de deux particules en les rendant inséparables sur le plan quantique, bien que les deux particules puissent être spatialement séparées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Partout, la silva parcourue par les hommes et par les bêtes « était intriquée' à la forêt sauvage comme les bois familiers s'intriquent dans les champs ».
  2. Fibres intriquées.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intriquer"?
"intriquer" is spelled I-N-T-R-I-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tʁi.ke\.
What does "intriquer" mean?
As a verb, "intriquer" means: Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
How do you pronounce "intriquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intriquer" is \ɛ̃.tʁi.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intriquer" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list