interception
/ɪntɚˈsɛpʃən/noun
interception is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-O-N: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, interception means “An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of interception is interceptions.
How many letters and syllables are in interception?
| Letters | 12: I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is interception?
Interception appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce interception?
- US /ɪntɚˈsɛpʃən/
Interception has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-interception.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with interception?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as interception from its last stressed vowel (/ɛpʃən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of interception
- interceptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does interception mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
- 2
An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- 3
A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.
- 4
A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
- 5
precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate interception?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of interception: INT.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does interception come from?
Borrowed from Latin interceptiō; compare French interception.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).