intermedia
"intermedia" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intermedia” is uncommon English (frequency #69,960 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,960
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - interdisciplinary activities between media, such as those between drawing and poetry, or between painting and theatre
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intermedia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intermedia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
intermedia is uncommon English at frequency #69,960 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "interdisciplinary activities between media, such as those between drawing and poetry, or between painting and theatre".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for intermedia, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 inter- + media; a concept employed in the mid-1960s by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins. The correct English form is intermedia, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-E-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1interdisciplinary activities between media, such as those between drawing and poetry, or between painting and theatre
Etymology
From inter- + media; a concept employed in the mid-1960s by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins.
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 “intermedia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-R-M-E-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.