Which to use
“intégrés” and “intenses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,520
- “intégrés” frequency rank
- #11,603
- “intenses” frequency rank
- 22123
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intégrés | intenses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de intégré. | Pluriel de intense. |
Where the eye mixes intégrés and intenses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. intégrés and intenses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: intégrés vs intenses
A purely visual mix-up. intégrés (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\) and intenses (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\) 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 22123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intégrés is recorded at frequency rank #10,520, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\. intenses is at rank #11,603, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\.
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 22123, this pair ranks #359,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intégrés vs intenses
Shared letters: inst. Private to "intégrés": gré. Private to "intenses": e.
"intégrés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "intenses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intenses ← inetnses · inntenses · inteness · intennses · intensess · intensses · intesnes · intneses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intégrés" for "intenses" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intégrés" vs "intenses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "intégrés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intenses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intégrés" and "intenses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intégrera vs intégrés". 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 #359,726 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.