intercontinental
in·ter·con·tin·ent·al/ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/adjective
intercontinental is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L, 6 syllables: in·ter·con·tin·ent·al. The wrong spelling people search most is intercontinetal: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 137 of all searches for the word. Intercontinental is an adjective meaning “Taking place between two or more continents”.
How many letters and syllables are in intercontinental?
| Letters | 16: I-N-T-E-R-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6: in·ter·con·tin·ent·al |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, intercontinetal, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell intercontinental?
Intercontinental is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 79 of the searches for intercontinental in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is intercontinental?
Intercontinental appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 intercontinental?
- UK /ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/
- US /ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/
Intercontinental has 6 syllables, split in·ter·con·tin·ent·al in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with intercontinental?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as intercontinental from its last stressed vowel (/ɛntəl/):
- environmental
- fundamental
- dental
- parental
- monumental
- supplemental
- ornamental
- departmental
- judgemental
- consonantal
- labiodental
- tempermental
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).
What does intercontinental mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Taking place between two or more continents.
- 2
Having the ability to travel between continents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intercontinental in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense between two or more continents:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intercontinental |
| German | interkontinental |
| Portuguese | intercontinental |
| Spanish | intercontinental |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does intercontinental come from?
From inter- + continental.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).