intercommunalitévsintercommunalitésWhat's the difference?

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set intercommunalité and intercommunalités apart are highlighted. They share 16 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

16 ch
intercommunalité
17 ch
intercommunalités

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

intercommunalité#29,825
intercommunalités#31,558

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intercommunalité" and "intercommunalités" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ.my.na.li.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "intercommunalité" or "intercommunalités"?
"intercommunalité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,825 in our French list, against #31,558 for "intercommunalités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering intercommunalité vs intercommunalités

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list