Interpolation

/[ɪntɐpolaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#90,466

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Interpolation is aGermannoun. It means: eine spätere, von fremder Hand vorgenommene Einfügung oder Änderung an einem Text, die nicht als solche kenntlich gemacht ist Pronounced [ɪntɐpolaˈt͡si̯oːn].

Key facts for Interpolation
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HeadwordInterpolation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪntɐpolaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#90,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Interpolation is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪntɐpolaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,466 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Interpolation in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Interpolation, spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-O-L-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine spätere, von fremder Hand vorgenommene Einfügung oder Änderung an einem Text, die nicht als solche kenntlich gemacht ist
  2. 2
    Änderung der Dichte von Bildpunkten durch die Berechnung benachbarter Bildpunkte; dadurch werden insbesondere die Kontraste verbessert
  3. 3
    Einschub, der an der betreffenden Stelle des Stücks ursprünglich nicht vorgesehen ist
  4. 4
    numerische Ermittlung einer approximierenden Funktion oder unbekannter Werte aus einzelnen bekannten Daten

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Frequency rank: #90,466 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Interpolation"?
"Interpolation" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-O-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪntɐpolaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Interpolation" mean?
As a noun, "Interpolation" means: eine spätere, von fremder Hand vorgenommene Einfügung oder Änderung an einem Text, die nicht als solche kenntlich gemacht ist
How do you pronounce "Interpolation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Interpolation" is [ɪntɐpolaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Interpolation" come from?
"Interpolation" 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.