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.
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
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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.