Which to use
“intenses” and “internés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,603
- “intenses” frequency rank
- #38,864
- “internés” frequency rank
- 50467
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intenses | internés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de intense. | Masculin pluriel de interné. |
Where the eye mixes intenses and internés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. intenses and internés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: intenses vs internés
A purely visual mix-up. intenses (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\) and internés (\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 50467, 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\. internés is at rank #38,864, 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 50467, this pair ranks #162,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intenses vs internés
Shared letters: einst. Private to "intenses": -. Private to "internés": ré.
"intenses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "internés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intenses ← inetnses · inntenses · inteness · intennses · intensess · intensses · intesnes · intneses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intenses" for "internés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "intenses" or "internés" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "intenses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "internés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intenses" and "internés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interner vs internés". 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 #162,383 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.