intégrismevsintégristesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: intégrisme is a noun, intégristes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“intégrisme” is a noun and “intégristes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,489
“intégrisme” frequency rank
#23,257
“intégristes” frequency rank
50746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intégrisme intégristes
Definition Doctrine qui prône le maintien, l’intégrité de la tradition religieuse. Pluriel de intégriste.

Where the eye mixes intégrisme and intégristes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. intégrisme runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCCV) against intégristes's 11 (VCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
intégrisme
11 ch
intégristes

Why the eye confuses intégrisme with intégristes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intégrisme is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁism\ while intégristes is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁist\. 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 50746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intégrisme is recorded at frequency rank #27,489, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁism\. intégristes is at rank #23,257, 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 50746, this pair ranks #160,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intégrisme vs intégristes

Shared letters: eginrsté. Private to "intégrisme": m. Private to "intégristes": -.

"intégrisme" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV  ·  "intégristes" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "intégrisme" for "intégristes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intégrisme" is a noun and "intégristes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "intégrisme" or "intégristes" show up more?
"intégristes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,257 in our French list, against #27,489 for "intégrisme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intégrisme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intégristes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #160,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intégrisme" and "intégristes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intégrisme vs intégriste". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #160,310 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