international

/[ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯oˈnaːl]/ adj

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,774

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

international is anGermanadj. It means: zwischen den Nationen, Nationen-übergreifend Pronounced [ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯oˈnaːl]. It ranks #1,774 in German word frequency. Often confused with internationale and internationalen.

Key facts for international
PropertyValue
Headwordinternational
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯oˈnaːl]
Letters13
Frequency rank#1,774
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of international in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for international is 13 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯oˈnaːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,774 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for international, with forms such as "inetrnational", "innternational", and "intenrational". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "internationale", "internationalen", "internationaler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is international, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zwischen den Nationen, Nationen-übergreifend
  2. 2
    aus mehreren Nationen kommend, mehrere Nationen betreffend, auf diese Bezug nehmend

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetrnational,innternational,intenrational,interantional,internaitonal,internatinoal,internatioanl,internationall,internationla,internationnal,internatoinal,internattional,internnational,interntaional,interrnational,intrenational,intternational,itnernational,niternational

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for international

Misspelling Variants of "international"

inetrnational13innternational14intenrational13interantional13internaitonal13internatinoal13internatioanl13internationall14
Misspelling Variants of "international"

Frequency rank: #1,774 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "international"?
"international" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯oˈnaːl].
What does "international" mean?
As an adj, "international" means: zwischen den Nationen, Nationen-übergreifend
What words are commonly confused with "international"?
"international" is commonly confused with "internationale", "internationalen", "internationaler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "international"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "international" is [ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯oˈnaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "international" come from?
"international" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.