intitulévsintituléeConfusable pair

Quick tell: intitulé is a noun, intitulée is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“intitulé” is a noun and “intitulée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,857
“intitulé” frequency rank
#7,982
“intitulée” frequency rank
11839
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intitulé intitulée
Definition Titre. Participe passé féminin singulier de intituler.

Same sound, different letters: intitulé vs intitulée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. intitulé runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against intitulée's 9 (VCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
intitulé
9 ch
intitulée

Homophone desk: intitulé vs intitulée

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: intitulé and intitulée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “intitulé” sits inside “intitulée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intitulé is recorded at frequency rank #3,857, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\. intitulée is at rank #7,982, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\.

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 11839, this pair ranks #407,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intitulé vs intitulée

Shared letters: ilntué. Private to "intitulé": -. Private to "intitulée": e.

"intitulé" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "intitulée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "intitulé" for "intitulée" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intitulé" is a noun and "intitulée" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "intitulé" or "intitulée"?
"intitulé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,857 in our French list, against #7,982 for "intitulée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "intitulé" / "intitulée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intitulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intitulée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #407,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intitulé" and "intitulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intitulée vs intitulés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #407,621 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