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“intégralité” and “intégrité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,993
“intégralité” frequency rank
#6,622
“intégrité” frequency rank
12615
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intégralité intégrité
Definition État d’une chose entière. État d’un tout, d’une chose qui est dans son entier.

Where the eye mixes intégralité and intégrité

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. intégralité runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVCV) against intégrité's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
intégralité
9 ch
intégrité

Visual trap between intégralité and intégrité

A purely visual mix-up. intégralité (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁa.li.te\) and intégrité (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intégralité is recorded at frequency rank #5,993, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁa.li.te\. intégrité is at rank #6,622, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁi.te\.

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 12615, this pair ranks #404,513 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intégralité vs intégrité

Shared letters: ginrté. Private to "intégralité": al. Private to "intégrité": -.

"intégralité" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV  ·  "intégrité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "intégralité" and "intégrité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁa.li.te\ versus \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁi.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "intégralité" vs "intégrité" - which ranks higher?
"intégralité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,993 in our French list, against #6,622 for "intégrité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intégralité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intégrité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #404,513 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intégralité" and "intégrité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intégriste vs intégrité". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #404,513 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