Which to use
“intestinal” and “intestins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,560
- “intestinal” frequency rank
- #23,256
- “intestins” frequency rank
- 54816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intestinal | intestins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient ou qui a rapport aux intestins. | Masculin pluriel de intestin. |
Where the eye mixes intestinal and intestins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. intestinal runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVC) against intestins's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between intestinal and intestins
A purely visual mix-up. intestinal (\ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\) and intestins (\ɛ̃.tɛs.tɛ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intestinal is recorded at frequency rank #31,560, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\. intestins is at rank #23,256, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛs.tɛ̃\.
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 54816, this pair ranks #131,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intestinal vs intestins
Shared letters: einst. Private to "intestinal": al. Private to "intestins": -.
"intestinal" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "intestins" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intestinal ← inetstinal · inntestinal · intesitnal · intesstinal · intestianl · intestinall · intestinla · intestinnal
- intestins ← inetstins · inntestins · intesitns · intesstins · intestinns · intestinss · intestisn · intestnis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intestinal" for "intestins" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intestinal" vs "intestins" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "intestinal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intestins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intestinal" and "intestins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intestinal vs intestines". 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 #131,475 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.