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“intentionnel” and “intentionnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,863
“intentionnel” frequency rank
#46,241
“intentionnés” frequency rank
79104
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intentionnel intentionnés
Definition Relatif à l’intention. Masculin pluriel de intentionné.

Where the eye mixes intentionnel and intentionnés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. intentionnel and intentionnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
intentionnel
12 ch
intentionnés

Look-alike desk: intentionnel vs intentionnés

A purely visual mix-up. intentionnel (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl\) and intentionnés (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79104, 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\. intentionnés is at rank #46,241, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.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 79104, this pair ranks #24,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of intentionnel vs intentionnés

Shared letters: einot. Private to "intentionnel": l. Private to "intentionnés": sé.

"intentionnel" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCVC  ·  "intentionnés" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intentionnel ← inetntionnel · inntentionnel · intenitonnel · intenntionnel · intentinonel · intentionel · intentionenl · intentionnell

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intentionnel" and "intentionnés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl\ versus \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "intentionnel" or "intentionnés"?
"intentionnel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,863 in our French list, against #46,241 for "intentionnés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "intentionnel" and "intentionnés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intentionnel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intentionnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intentionnel" and "intentionnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentionnel vs intentionnelle". 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 #24,052 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list