Which to use
“indéniable” and “intenable” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,617
- “indéniable” frequency rank
- #23,906
- “intenable” frequency rank
- 37523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indéniable | intenable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que l’on ne peut dénier, que l’on ne peut refuser de reconnaître sans être taxé de mauvaise foi. | Que l’on ne peut tenir. |
Where the eye mixes indéniable and intenable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indéniable runs 10 letters (VCCVCVVCCV) against intenable's 9 (VCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses indéniable with intenable
A purely visual mix-up. indéniable (\ɛ̃.de.njabl\) and intenable (\ɛ̃.tə.nabl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indéniable is recorded at frequency rank #13,617, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.de.njabl\. intenable is at rank #23,906, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tə.nabl\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 37523, this pair ranks #261,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indéniable vs intenable
Shared letters: abeiln. Private to "indéniable": dé. Private to "intenable": t.
"indéniable" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCV · "intenable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intenable ← inetnable · inntenable · inteanble · intenabble · intenabel · intenablle · intenalbe · intenbale
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indéniable" and "intenable" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "indéniable" or "intenable" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "indéniable" and "intenable" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indéniable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intenable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indéniable" and "intenable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingérable vs intenable". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #261,896 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.