InterviewvsInterviewsWhich spelling fits?

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“Interview” and “Interviews” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,484
“Interview” frequency rank
#4,998
“Interviews” frequency rank
6482
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Interview Interviews
Definition Befragung mit dem Ziel, von dem/den Befragten Informationen oder Ansichten in Erfahrung zu bringen Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Interview

Where the eye mixes Interview and Interviews

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
Interview
10 ch
Interviews

Visual trap between Interview and Interviews

A purely visual mix-up. Interview ([ˈɪntɐvjuː]) and Interviews ([ˈɪntɐvjuːs]) 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 extra letter(s) - “Interview” sits inside “Interviews”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Interview is recorded at frequency rank #1,484, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪntɐvjuː]. Interviews is at rank #4,998, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪntɐvjuːs].

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 6482, this pair ranks #1,991,494 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Interview vs Interviews

Shared letters: einrtvw. Private to "Interview": -. Private to "Interviews": s.

"Interview" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "Interviews" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Interviewinetrview · innterview · interivew · interrview · interveiw · intervieww · interviwe · intervview
  • Interviewsinetrviews · innterviews · interivews · interrviews · interveiws · interviesw · interviewss · interviewws

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Interview" and "Interviews" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈɪntɐvjuː] versus [ˈɪntɐvjuːs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Interview" vs "Interviews" - which ranks higher?
"Interview" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,484 in our German list, against #4,998 for "Interviews". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Interview" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Interviews" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,991,494 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Interview" and "Interviews" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Interviewer vs Interviews". 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 #1,991,494 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list