intermission
[ˌɪntəˈmɪʃn]
The verdict
“intermission” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unterbrechung, Pause
Corpus desk
Index DE-intermission · intermission · German
intermission · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intermission |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɪntəˈmɪʃn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „intermission“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
intermission is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɪntəˈmɪʃn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unterbrechung, Pause".
intermission has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is intermission, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Unterbrechung, Pause
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how intermission appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a short intermission halfway through a film
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.