interfix
"interfix" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interfix” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -i- and -o-.
Corpus desk
Index EN-interfix · interfix · English
interfix · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interfix |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “interfix” in English
Rare enough to double-check
interfix is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
interfix has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From inter- + fix. The correct English form is interfix, spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-I-X.
Definition
- 1An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -i- and -o-.
- 2A transfix.
- 3An association link.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how interfix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).
LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix.
Etymology
From inter- + fix.
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.