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

#13,192
“intégrante” frequency rank
#35,104
“intégriste” frequency rank
48296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intégrante intégriste
Definition Féminin singulier de intégrant. Relatif à l'intégrisme, au maintien, à l'intégrité de la tradition religieuse.

Where the eye mixes intégrante and intégriste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. intégrante and intégriste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
intégrante
10 ch
intégriste

Look-alike desk: intégrante vs intégriste

A purely visual mix-up. intégrante (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁɑ̃t\) and intégriste (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁist\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intégrante is recorded at frequency rank #13,192, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁɑ̃t\. intégriste is at rank #35,104, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁist\.

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 48296, this pair ranks #180,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intégrante vs intégriste

Shared letters: eginrté. Private to "intégrante": a. Private to "intégriste": s.

"intégrante" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV  ·  "intégriste" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "intégrante" for "intégriste" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁɑ̃t\ versus \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁist\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "intégrante" or "intégriste"?
"intégrante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,192 in our French list, against #35,104 for "intégriste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "intégrante" and "intégriste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intégrante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intégriste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intégrante" and "intégriste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intégrisme vs intégriste". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #180,027 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