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interlace

/ˈɪn.tɚ.leɪs/noun, verb

interlace is spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-A-C-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, interlace means “A decorative element found especially in early medieval art” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of interlace is interlaces.

How many letters and syllables are in interlace?

Letters9: I-N-T-E-R-L-A-C-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 9 million words; the 90,432nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is interlace?

Interlace appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd 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 interlace?

  • UK /ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/
  • US /ˈɪn.tɚ.leɪs/
  • US /ˌɪn.tɚˈleɪs/

Interlace has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-interlace.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of interlace

  • interlaces plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • interlacing participle, present
  • interlaced participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does interlace mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A decorative element found especially in early medieval art

    Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns

  2. 2

    A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.

verb

  1. 1

    To cross one with another.

    to interlace wires

  2. 2

    To mingle; to blend.

  3. 3

    To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

    interlacing branches

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Interlace in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanFlechtband (decorative element found in medieval art), Zeilensprung (technique of improving the picture quality), verflechten, verschränken (to cross one with another), durchflechten, sich verschlingen (to cross one another as if woven together)
Frenchentrelacer (to cross one with another), s'entrelacer (to cross one another as if woven together)
Portugueseentrelaçar, entrançar (to cross one with another)
Spanishentrelazar (to cross one with another)

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 interlace come from?

From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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