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“intermittence” and “intermittente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,609
- “intermittence” frequency rank
- #40,818
- “intermittente” frequency rank
- 69427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intermittence | intermittente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sporadicité ; qualité de ce qui est intermittent. | Femme qui ne travaille pas de façon continue. |
Where the eye mixes intermittence and intermittente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. intermittence and intermittente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: intermittence vs intermittente
A purely visual mix-up. intermittence (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃s\) and intermittente (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - c in “intermittence” becomes t in “intermittente”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intermittence is recorded at frequency rank #28,609, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃s\. intermittente is at rank #40,818, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.tɑ̃t\.
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 69427, this pair ranks #55,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intermittence vs intermittente
Shared letters: eimnrt. Private to "intermittence": c. Private to "intermittente": -.
"intermittence" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCCV · "intermittente" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intermittence ← inetrmittence · inntermittence · intemrittence · interimttence · intermitence · intermitetnce · intermittecne · intermittencce
- intermittente ← inetrmittente · inntermittente · intemrittente · interimttente · intermitente · intermitetnte · intermittenet · intermittennte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intermittence" and "intermittente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "intermittence" or "intermittente" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "intermittence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intermittente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intermittence" and "intermittente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intermittente vs intermittents". 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 #55,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.