Which to use
“intercommunalité” and “intercommunalités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,825
- “intercommunalité” frequency rank
- #31,558
- “intercommunalités” frequency rank
- 61383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intercommunalité | intercommunalités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établissement public de coopération intercommunale (EPCI), par exemple une communauté de communes. | Pluriel de intercommunalité. |
Same sound, different letters: intercommunalité vs intercommunalités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 16 letters. intercommunalité runs 16 letters (VCCVCCVCCVCVCVCV) against intercommunalités's 17 (VCCVCCVCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: intercommunalité vs intercommunalités
This is the hard kind. intercommunalité and intercommunalités are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ.my.na.li.te\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “intercommunalité” sits inside “intercommunalités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intercommunalité is recorded at frequency rank #29,825, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ.my.na.li.te\. intercommunalités is at rank #31,558, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ.my.na.li.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 61383, this pair ranks #92,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intercommunalité vs intercommunalités
Shared letters: aceilmnortué. Private to "intercommunalité": -. Private to "intercommunalités": s.
"intercommunalité" · 16 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCVCVCV · "intercommunalités" · 17 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "intercommunalité" and "intercommunalités" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "intercommunalité" or "intercommunalités"?
After this comparison
"intercommunalité" and "intercommunalités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "intercommunalité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intercommunalités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intercommunalité" and "intercommunalités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intercommunale vs intercommunalité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #92,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.