Which to use
“intense” is an adjective and “intentée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,498
- “intense” frequency rank
- #44,516
- “intentée” frequency rank
- 49014
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intense | intentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui dépasse la mesure ordinaire ; qui est grand, fort ou vif. | Participe passé féminin singulier de intenter. |
Where the eye mixes intense and intentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: intense vs intentée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intense is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\ while intentée is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intense is recorded at frequency rank #4,498, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\. intentée is at rank #44,516, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.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 49014, this pair ranks #174,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intense vs intentée
Shared letters: eint. Private to "intense": s. Private to "intentée": é.
"intense" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "intentée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intense ← inetnse · inntense · intenes · intennse · intensse · intesne · intnese · inttense
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intense" for "intentée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intense" vs "intentée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "intense" and "intentée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "intense" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intentée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intense" and "intentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentée vs inventes". 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 #174,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.