Which to use
“intentée” and “intenter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,516
- “intentée” frequency rank
- #36,005
- “intenter” frequency rank
- 80521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentée | intenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de intenter. | Diriger contre quelqu’un un procès, une accusation. Il n’est usité que dans ces phrases, |
Same sound, different letters: intentée vs intenter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - intentée / intenter
This is the hard kind. intentée and intenter are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intentée is recorded at frequency rank #44,516, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\. intenter is at rank #36,005, 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 80521, this pair ranks #20,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intentée vs intenter
Shared letters: eint. Private to "intentée": é. Private to "intenter": r.
"intentée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "intenter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intenter ← inetnter · inntenter · intenetr · intennter · intenterr · intentre · intentter · intetner
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intentée" and "intenter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "intentée" or "intenter"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "intentée" / "intenter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "intentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intenter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentée" and "intenter" 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 #20,718 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.