Which to use
“intensif” and “intensifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,396
- “intensif” frequency rank
- #19,876
- “intensifs” frequency rank
- 36272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intensif | intensifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | À quoi on fait dépasser la mesure ordinaire. | Masculin pluriel de intensif. |
Same sound, different letters: intensif vs intensifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. intensif runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against intensifs's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: intensif vs intensifs
This is the hard kind. intensif and intensifs are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sif\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “intensif” sits inside “intensifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intensif is recorded at frequency rank #16,396, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sif\. intensifs is at rank #19,876, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sif\.
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 36272, this pair ranks #270,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intensif vs intensifs
Shared letters: efinst. Private to "intensif": -. Private to "intensifs": -.
"intensif" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "intensifs" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intensif" for "intensifs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intensif" vs "intensifs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "intensif" / "intensifs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "intensif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intensifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intensif" and "intensifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intensifs vs intensives". 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 #270,733 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.