inter alia
"inter-alia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inter alia” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Among other things.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inter alia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inter alia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
inter alia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Among other things.".
inter alia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin inter alia. The correct English form is inter alia, spelled I-N-T-E-R- -A-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Among other things.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inter alia.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “inter alia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-R- -A-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.