Which to use
“intentionnel” and “intentionnelle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,863
- “intentionnel” frequency rank
- #36,445
- “intentionnelle” frequency rank
- 69308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentionnel | intentionnelle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à l’intention. | Féminin singulier de intentionnel. |
Same sound, different letters: intentionnel vs intentionnelle
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. intentionnel runs 12 letters (VCCVCCVVCCVC) against intentionnelle's 14 (VCCVCCVVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: intentionnel vs intentionnelle
This is the hard kind. intentionnel and intentionnelle are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “intentionnel” sits inside “intentionnelle”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intentionnel is recorded at frequency rank #32,863, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl\. intentionnelle is at rank #36,445, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl\.
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 69308, this pair ranks #55,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intentionnel vs intentionnelle
Shared letters: eilnot. Private to "intentionnel": -. Private to "intentionnelle": -.
"intentionnel" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCVC · "intentionnelle" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intentionnel ← inetntionnel · inntentionnel · intenitonnel · intenntionnel · intentinonel · intentionel · intentionenl · intentionnell
- intentionnelle ← inetntionnelle · inntentionnelle · intenitonnelle · intenntionnelle · intentinonelle · intentionelle · intentionenlle · intentionnele
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intentionnel" and "intentionnelle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "intentionnel" vs "intentionnelle" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "intentionnel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intentionnelle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentionnel" and "intentionnelle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentionnel vs intentionnés". 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 #55,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.