intégralevsintégralesTell them apart

Quick tell: intégrale is a noun, intégrales is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“intégrale” is a noun and “intégrales” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,199
“intégrale” frequency rank
#30,223
“intégrales” frequency rank
37422
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intégrale intégrales
Definition Intégrale d’une fonction f à valeurs réelles et continue sur un segment [a,b] : Valeur de l’aire algébrique du domaine délimité par l’axe des abscisses et la courbe représentative de f et les droites verticales d’équations x=a et x=b. Féminin pluriel de intégral.

Same sound, different letters: intégrale vs intégrales

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. intégrale runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against intégrales's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
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10 ch
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Same sound, different spelling - intégrale / intégrales

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: intégrale and intégrales carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁal\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “intégrale” sits inside “intégrales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intégrale is recorded at frequency rank #7,199, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁal\. intégrales is at rank #30,223, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁal\.

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 37422, this pair ranks #262,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intégrale vs intégrales

Shared letters: aegilnrté. Private to "intégrale": -. Private to "intégrales": s.

"intégrale" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "intégrales" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "intégrale" and "intégrales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intégrale" is a noun and "intégrales" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "intégrale" or "intégrales" show up more?
"intégrale" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,199 in our French list, against #30,223 for "intégrales". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intégrale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intégrales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intégrale" and "intégrales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inégales vs intégrales". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #262,630 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list