Interview

/[ˈɪntɐvjuː]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,484

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Interview is aGermannoun. It means: Befragung mit dem Ziel, von dem/den Befragten Informationen oder Ansichten in Erfahrung zu bringen Pronounced [ˈɪntɐvjuː]. It ranks #1,484 in German word frequency. Often confused with Interviews and interviewt.

Key facts for Interview
PropertyValue
HeadwordInterview
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪntɐvjuː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,484
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Interview is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪntɐvjuː]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,484 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Befragung mit dem Ziel, von dem/den Befragten Informationen oder Ansichten in Erfahrung zu bringen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Interview, with forms such as "inetrview", "innterview", and "interivew". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Interviews", "interviewt", "interviewen", 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 Interview, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Befragung mit dem Ziel, von dem/den Befragten Informationen oder Ansichten in Erfahrung zu bringen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetrview,innterview,interivew,interrview,interveiw,intervieww,interviwe,intervview,intevriew,intreview,intterview,itnerview,niterview

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Interview

Misspelling Variants of "Interview"

inetrview9innterview10interivew9interrview10interveiw9intervieww10interviwe9intervview10
Misspelling Variants of "Interview"

Frequency rank: #1,484 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Interview"?
"Interview" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪntɐvjuː].
What does "Interview" mean?
As a noun, "Interview" means: Befragung mit dem Ziel, von dem/den Befragten Informationen oder Ansichten in Erfahrung zu bringen
What words are commonly confused with "Interview"?
"Interview" is commonly confused with "Interviews", "interviewt", "interviewen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Interview"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Interview" is [ˈɪntɐvjuː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Interview" come from?
"Interview" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter I in our German index:

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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.