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.
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
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Useful next steps
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- 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.