interjection
/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/
"interjection" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interjection” is uncommon English (frequency #78,718 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,718
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interjection |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #78,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “interjection” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
interjection is uncommon English at frequency #78,718 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for interjection, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), … The correct English form is interjection, spelled I-N-T-E-R-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
- 2An interruption; something interjected
Etymology
From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin.
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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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Using “interjection”
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- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-R-J-E-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.