Which to use
“intacte” and “intacts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,157
- “intacte” frequency rank
- #29,824
- “intacts” frequency rank
- 45981
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intacte | intacts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de intact. | Masculin pluriel de intact. |
Same sound, different letters: intacte vs intacts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. intacte (VCCVCCV) and intacts (VCCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - intacte and intacts
This is the hard kind. intacte and intacts 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 a single letter - e in “intacte” becomes s in “intacts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45981, 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\. intacts is at rank #29,824, 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 45981, this pair ranks #198,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intacte vs intacts
Shared letters: acint. Private to "intacte": e. Private to "intacts": s.
"intacte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "intacts" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "intacte" and "intacts" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "intacte" or "intacts"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "intacte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intacts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intacte" and "intacts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intacts vs intrants". 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 #198,571 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.