Which to use
“intacte” and “intactes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,157
- “intacte” frequency rank
- #29,402
- “intactes” frequency rank
- 45559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intacte | intactes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de intact. | Féminin pluriel de intact. |
Same sound, different letters: intacte vs intactes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: intacte vs intactes
This is the hard kind. intacte and intactes are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.takt\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “intacte” sits inside “intactes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intacte is recorded at frequency rank #16,157, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.takt\. intactes is at rank #29,402, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.takt\.
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 45559, this pair ranks #201,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intacte vs intactes
Shared letters: aceint. Private to "intacte": -. Private to "intactes": s.
"intacte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "intactes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intacte" for "intactes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intacte" vs "intactes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "intacte" / "intactes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "intacte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intactes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intacte" and "intactes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inaptes vs intactes". 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 #201,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.