Which to use
“intégrale” is a noun and “intégrant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,199
- “intégrale” frequency rank
- #13,816
- “intégrant” frequency rank
- 21015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intégrale | intégrant |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Qualifie chacune des parties qui contribuent à l’intégrité d’un tout, à la différence des parties qui en constituent l’essence. |
Where the eye mixes intégrale and intégrant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: intégrale vs intégrant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intégrale is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁal\ while intégrant is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21015, 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\. intégrant is at rank #13,816, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁɑ̃\.
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 21015, this pair ranks #365,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intégrale vs intégrant
Shared letters: aginrté. Private to "intégrale": el. Private to "intégrant": -.
"intégrale" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "intégrant" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intégrale" for "intégrant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intégrale" vs "intégrant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "intégrale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intégrant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intégrale" and "intégrant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérant vs intégrant". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #365,291 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.