interbank

adj

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"interbank" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“interbank” is uncommon English (frequency #50,007 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,007
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or taking place between two or more banks (financial institutions).

Corpus desk

Index EN-interbank · interbank · English

interbank · rank #50,007 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,007
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH instrumentali…

Nearest frequency peer: instrumentalist (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “interbank”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “interbank” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interbank
PropertyValue
Headwordinterbank
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,007
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “interbank” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).interbankfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “instrumentalist” (#50,006), “intravenously” (#50,008), “investigational” (#50,009). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “interbank” is #50,007. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interbank is uncommon English at frequency #50,007 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or taking place between two or more banks (financial institutions).".

interbank doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From inter- + bank. The correct English form is interbank, spelled I-N-T-E-R-B-A-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or taking place between two or more banks (financial institutions).

Etymology

From inter- + bank.

This word in other languages

interbancaire(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interbank"?
"interbank" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-B-A-N-K.
What does "interbank" mean?
As an adjective, "interbank" means: Of, pertaining to, or taking place between two or more banks (financial institutions).
What is the origin of the word "interbank"?
From inter- + bank. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "interbank", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

illegible#49,997hypertext#49,994hygienist#49,993hillcrest#49,978

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list