intégristevsintégritéConfusable pair

Quick tell: intégriste is a adjective, intégrité is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#35,104
“intégriste” frequency rank
#6,622
“intégrité” frequency rank
41726
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intégriste intégrité
Definition Relatif à l'intégrisme, au maintien, à l'intégrité de la tradition religieuse. État d’un tout, d’une chose qui est dans son entier.

Where the eye mixes intégriste and intégrité

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. intégriste runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCCV) against intégrité's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
intégriste
9 ch
intégrité

Look-alike desk: intégriste vs intégrité

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intégriste is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁist\ while intégrité is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁi.te\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intégriste is recorded at frequency rank #35,104, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁist\. intégrité is at rank #6,622, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁi.te\.

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 41726, this pair ranks #230,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intégriste vs intégrité

Shared letters: ginrté. Private to "intégriste": es. Private to "intégrité": -.

"intégriste" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV  ·  "intégrité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "intégriste" and "intégrité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intégriste" is an adjective and "intégrité" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "intégriste" vs "intégrité" - which ranks higher?
"intégrité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,622 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "intégriste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intégrité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #230,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intégriste" and "intégrité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intégrisme vs intégriste". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #230,961 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