Which to use
“intense” and “interné” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,498
- “intense” frequency rank
- #31,086
- “interné” frequency rank
- 35584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intense | interné |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui dépasse la mesure ordinaire ; qui est grand, fort ou vif. | Contraint à résider dans une certaine localité sans permission d’en sortir. |
Where the eye mixes intense and interné
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: intense vs interné
A purely visual mix-up. intense (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\) and interné (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\) 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 35584, 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\. interné is at rank #31,086, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\.
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 35584, this pair ranks #275,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intense vs interné
Shared letters: eint. Private to "intense": s. Private to "interné": ré.
"intense" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "interné" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intense ← inetnse · inntense · intenes · intennse · intensse · intesne · intnese · inttense
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intense" for "interné" ever safe?
Which is more common, "intense" or "interné"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "intense" and "interné" 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 "interné" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intense" and "interné" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interné vs interner". 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 #275,669 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.