Which to use
“intégrité” and “intensité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,622
- “intégrité” frequency rank
- #5,045
- “intensité” frequency rank
- 11667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intégrité | intensité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État d’un tout, d’une chose qui est dans son entier. | Haut niveau ou degré ; propriété de ce qui est intense. |
Where the eye mixes intégrité and intensité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. intégrité and intensité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between intégrité and intensité
A purely visual mix-up. intégrité (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁi.te\) and intensité (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.te\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intégrité is recorded at frequency rank #6,622, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁi.te\. intensité is at rank #5,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.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 11667, this pair ranks #408,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intégrité vs intensité
Shared letters: inté. Private to "intégrité": gr. Private to "intensité": es.
"intégrité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "intensité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intégrité" for "intensité" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "intégrité" or "intensité" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "intégrité" and "intensité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "intégrité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intensité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intégrité" and "intensité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intensité vs intensives". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #408,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.