Which to use
“insensée” and “intenses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,554
- “insensée” frequency rank
- #11,603
- “intenses” frequency rank
- 47157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | insensée | intenses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de insensé. | Pluriel de intense. |
Where the eye mixes insensée and intenses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. insensée (VCCVCCVV) and intenses (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses insensée with intenses
A purely visual mix-up. insensée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
insensée is recorded at frequency rank #35,554, 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 47157, this pair ranks #189,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of insensée vs intenses
Shared letters: eins. Private to "insensée": é. Private to "intenses": t.
"insensée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "intenses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intenses ← inetnses · inntenses · inteness · intennses · intensess · intensses · intesnes · intneses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "insensée" for "intenses" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "insensée" or "intenses" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "insensée" and "intenses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "insensée" 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 #189,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "insensée" and "intenses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insensée 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 #189,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.