intégrationvsinteractionWhich spelling fits?

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

#3,144
“intégration” frequency rank
#9,180
“interaction” frequency rank
12324
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intégration interaction
Definition Fait d’assembler des parties pour former un tout, éventuellement plus complet. Action ou influence réciproque qui peut s’établir entre deux objets ou plus.

Where the eye mixes intégration and interaction

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
intégration
11 ch
interaction

Visual trap between intégration and interaction

A purely visual mix-up. intégration (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\) and interaction (\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intégration is recorded at frequency rank #3,144, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\. interaction is at rank #9,180, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\.

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 12324, this pair ranks #405,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intégration vs interaction

Shared letters: ainort. Private to "intégration": . Private to "interaction": ce.

"intégration" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "interaction" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interactioninetraction · innteraction · intearction · interacction · interaciton · interactino · interactionn · interactoin

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intégration" and "interaction" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\ versus \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "intégration" or "interaction" show up more?
"intégration" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,144 in our French list, against #9,180 for "interaction". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "intégration" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interaction" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #405,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intégration" and "interaction" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interactifs vs interaction". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #405,737 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