Which to use
“intelligence” and “intelligences” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,721
- “intelligence” frequency rank
- #35,558
- “intelligences” frequency rank
- 38279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intelligence | intelligences |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faculté de comprendre, de ne pas se méprendre sur le sens des mots, la nature des choses et la signification des faits. | Pluriel de intelligence. |
Same sound, different letters: intelligence vs intelligences
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Homophone desk: intelligence vs intelligences
This is the hard kind. intelligence and intelligences are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃s\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “intelligence” sits inside “intelligences”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intelligence is recorded at frequency rank #2,721, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃s\. intelligences is at rank #35,558, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃s\.
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 38279, this pair ranks #256,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intelligence vs intelligences
Shared letters: cegilnt. Private to "intelligence": -. Private to "intelligences": s.
"intelligence" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCV · "intelligences" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intelligence ← inetlligence · inntelligence · inteligence · intelilgence · intellgience · intelliegnce · intelligecne · intelligencce
- intelligences ← inetlligences · inntelligences · inteligences · intelilgences · intellgiences · intelliegnces · intelligecnes · intelligencces
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intelligence" and "intelligences" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "intelligence" vs "intelligences" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"intelligence" and "intelligences" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "intelligence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intelligences" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intelligence" and "intelligences" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intelligences vs intelligentes". 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 #256,392 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.