interlace
/ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/
"interlace" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interlace” is uncommon English (frequency #90,581 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,581
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
Corpus desk
Index EN-interlace · interlace · English
interlace · rank #90,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,581
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH insolation
Nearest frequency peer: insolation (-2 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 “interlace”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- infuriating…
infuriatingly
9,424 corpus weight
- insolation
insolation
9,422 corpus weight
- interlace
interlace
9,420 corpus weight
- interrelati…
interrelationship
9,418 corpus weight
- invertible
invertible
9,417 corpus weight
- Iqaluit
Iqaluit
9,414 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “interlace” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interlace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “interlace” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
interlace is uncommon English at frequency #90,581 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for interlace, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”). The correct English form is interlace, spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
- 2A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.
Etymology
From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.