Which to use
“intrigue” and “intrigues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,968
- “intrigue” frequency rank
- #15,913
- “intrigues” frequency rank
- 22881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intrigue | intrigues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pratique secrète qu’on emploie pour faire réussir ou pour faire manquer une affaire. | Pluriel de intrigue. |
Same sound, different letters: intrigue vs intrigues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. intrigue runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against intrigues's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: intrigue vs intrigues
This is the hard kind. intrigue and intrigues are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃t.ʁiɡ\) 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) - “intrigue” sits inside “intrigues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intrigue is recorded at frequency rank #6,968, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃t.ʁiɡ\. intrigues is at rank #15,913, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tʁiɡ\.
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 22881, this pair ranks #355,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intrigue vs intrigues
Shared letters: eginrtu. Private to "intrigue": -. Private to "intrigues": s.
"intrigue" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "intrigues" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intrigue" for "intrigues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "intrigue" or "intrigues"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "intrigue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intrigues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intrigue" and "intrigues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intriguée vs intrigues". 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 #355,611 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.