Which to use
“intégrale” is a noun and “intégrante” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,199
- “intégrale” frequency rank
- #13,192
- “intégrante” frequency rank
- 20391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intégrale | intégrante |
|---|---|---|
| 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 singulier de intégrant. |
Where the eye mixes intégrale and intégrante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses intégrale with intégrante
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intégrale is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁal\ while intégrante is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20391, 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\. intégrante is at rank #13,192, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁɑ̃t\.
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 20391, this pair ranks #368,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intégrale vs intégrante
Shared letters: aeginrté. Private to "intégrale": l. Private to "intégrante": -.
"intégrale" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "intégrante" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intégrale" and "intégrante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "intégrale" or "intégrante"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "intégrale" and "intégrante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "intégrale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intégrante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intégrale" and "intégrante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intégrante vs intégriste". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #368,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.