Which to use
“intitulé” and “intitulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,857
- “intitulé” frequency rank
- #35,103
- “intitulés” frequency rank
- 38960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intitulé | intitulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Titre. | Pluriel de intitulé. |
Same sound, different letters: intitulé vs intitulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. intitulé runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against intitulés's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: intitulé vs intitulés
This is the hard kind. intitulé and intitulés are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.ti.ty.le\) 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) - “intitulé” sits inside “intitulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38960, 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\. intitulés is at rank #35,103, tagged as anoun, 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 38960, this pair ranks #251,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intitulé vs intitulés
Shared letters: ilntué. Private to "intitulé": -. Private to "intitulés": s.
"intitulé" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "intitulés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intitulé" and "intitulés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "intitulé" or "intitulés" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "intitulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intitulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intitulé" and "intitulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intitulée vs intitulés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #251,563 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.