interject
/ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/
"interject" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interject” is uncommon English (frequency #61,559 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,559
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To insert something between other things.
Corpus desk
Index EN-interject · interject · English
interject · rank #61,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,559
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH interferometry
Nearest frequency peer: interferometry (-1 rank slots)
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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 “interject”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- incontinent
incontinent
38,445 corpus weight
- infliction
infliction
38,444 corpus weight
- interferome…
interferometry
38,443 corpus weight
- interject
interject
38,442 corpus weight
- interlocutor
interlocutor
38,441 corpus weight
- intermounta…
intermountain
38,440 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “interject” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interject |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “interject” in English
Rare enough to double-check
interject is uncommon English at frequency #61,559 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
interject has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin interiectus, perfect passive participle of intericiō (“place between”). The correct English form is interject, spelled I-N-T-E-R-J-E-C-T.
Definition
- 1To insert something between other things.
- 2To say as an interruption or aside.
- 3To interpose oneself; to intervene.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how interject appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second. When he ceased, Moody interjected, in an Irish tone, and with a comick look, “Ah! poor George the Second.”
‘Please, sir, Richard says one of the horses has got a very bad cold, and he thinks, sir, if you could make it convenient to go the day after to-morrow, instead of to-morrow, he could physic it to-day, so as—’ ‘Confound his impudence!’ interjected the master.
Etymology
From Latin interiectus, perfect passive participle of intericiō (“place between”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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