Which to use
“insensé” and “intenses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,230
- “insensé” frequency rank
- #11,603
- “intenses” frequency rank
- 29833
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | insensé | intenses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dont les actions ou les discours ne sont pas conformes à la raison, au bon sens. | Pluriel de intense. |
Where the eye mixes insensé and intenses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. insensé runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against intenses's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between insensé and intenses
A purely visual mix-up. insensé (\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\) and intenses (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\) 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 29833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
insensé is recorded at frequency rank #18,230, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\. intenses is at rank #11,603, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\.
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 29833, this pair ranks #314,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of insensé vs intenses
Shared letters: eins. Private to "insensé": é. Private to "intenses": t.
"insensé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "intenses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intenses ← inetnses · inntenses · inteness · intennses · intensess · intensses · intesnes · intneses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "insensé" for "intenses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "insensé" or "intenses"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "insensé" and "intenses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "insensé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intenses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "insensé" and "intenses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insensé vs insensés". 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 #314,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.