Intensity of fuzzy scale | Definition of linguistic values | Triangular fuzzy scale | Triangular fuzzy reciprocal scale |
| Equal importance (EI) | (1, 1, 1) | (1, 1, 1) |
| Equally moderate importance | (1, 2, 3) | (1/3, 1/2, 1) |
| Moderate importance | (1, 3, 5) | (1/5, 1/3, 1) |
| Moderately strong importance | (2, 4, 6) | (1/6, 1/4, 1/2) |
᷈ | Strong importance (SI) | (3, 5, 7) | (1/7, 1/5, 1/3) |
| Strongly very strong importance | (4, 6, 8) | (1/8, 1/6, 1/4) |
| Very strong importance (VSI) | (5, 7, 9) | (1/9, 1/7, 1/5) |
| Very strongly extreme importance | (6, 8, 9) | (1/9, 1/8, 1/6) |
| Extreme importance (EXI) | (7, 9, 9) | (1/9, 1/9, 1/7) |