interdenominational

adj

"interdenominational" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“interdenominational” is uncommon English (frequency #89,487 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,487
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or between different denominations or churches.

Corpus desk

Index EN-interdenominational · interdenominational · English

interdenominational · rank #89,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,487
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-9 9 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH interregional

Nearest frequency peer: interregional (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “interdenominational”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “interdenominational” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interdenominational
PropertyValue
Headwordinterdenominational
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters19
Frequency rank#89,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “interdenominational” sits in English frequency

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).interdenominationallands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “interregional” (#89,488), “Irak” (#89,489), “Indyref” (#89,484). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interdenominational is uncommon English at frequency #89,487 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, relating to, or between different denominations or churches.".

Zero misspellings are on record for interdenominational in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From inter- + denominational. The correct English form is interdenominational, spelled I-N-T-E-R-D-E-N-O-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or between different denominations or churches.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how interdenominational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Near-synonyms: ecumenic, ecumenical

Etymology

From inter- + denominational.

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 "interdenominational"?
"interdenominational" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-D-E-N-O-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
What does "interdenominational" mean?
As an adjective, "interdenominational" means: Of, relating to, or between different denominations or churches.
What is the origin of the word "interdenominational"?
From inter- + denominational. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 19 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list