Which to use
“intenses” is an adjective and “intentée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,603
- “intenses” frequency rank
- #44,516
- “intentée” frequency rank
- 56119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intenses | intentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de intense. | Participe passé féminin singulier de intenter. |
Where the eye mixes intenses and intentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. intenses (VCCVCCVC) and intentée (VCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: intenses vs intentée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intenses is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\ while intentée is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intenses is recorded at frequency rank #11,603, 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 56119, this pair ranks #123,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intenses vs intentée
Shared letters: eint. Private to "intenses": s. Private to "intentée": é.
"intenses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "intentée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intenses ← inetnses · inntenses · inteness · intennses · intensess · intensses · intesnes · intneses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intenses" for "intentée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "intenses" or "intentée" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "intenses" 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 #123,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intenses" 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 #123,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.