Which to use
“ingérable” and “intenable” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,352
- “ingérable” frequency rank
- #23,906
- “intenable” frequency rank
- 63258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ingérable | intenable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que l’on ne peut gérer. | Que l’on ne peut tenir. |
Where the eye mixes ingérable and intenable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ingérable vs intenable
A purely visual mix-up. ingérable (\ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁabl\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ingérable is recorded at frequency rank #39,352, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁabl\. 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 63258, this pair ranks #82,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ingérable vs intenable
Shared letters: abeiln. Private to "ingérable": gré. Private to "intenable": t.
"ingérable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "intenable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intenable ← inetnable · inntenable · inteanble · intenabble · intenabel · intenablle · intenalbe · intenbale
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ingérable" and "intenable" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ingérable" vs "intenable" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ingérable" 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 #82,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ingérable" and "intenable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incurable vs ingérable". 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 #82,896 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.