Interlaken
/ˈɪntəˌlɑːkən/
"interlaken" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Interlaken” is uncommon English (frequency #88,467 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,467
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-interlaken · Interlaken · English
Interlaken · rank #88,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,467
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH intermediation
Nearest frequency peer: intermediation (+1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Interlaken”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- infarct
infarct
11,538 corpus weight
- inflectional
inflectional
11,537 corpus weight
- Interlaken
Interlaken
11,534 corpus weight
- intermediat…
intermediation
11,533 corpus weight
- interspecif…
interspecific
11,532 corpus weight
- involution
involution
11,530 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Interlaken” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Interlaken |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪntəˌlɑːkən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Interlaken” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Interlaken is uncommon English at frequency #88,467 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɪntəˌlɑːkən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Interlaken, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Interlaken. The correct English form is Interlaken, spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1A town in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.
- 2A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
- 3A locality in Central Highlands council area, Northern Midlands council area and the Southern Midlands council area, central Tasmania, Australia.
Etymology
From German Interlaken.
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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