interminable
/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/
"interminable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interminable” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,294 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #48,294
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interminable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #48,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “interminable” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for interminable is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,294 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for interminable, with forms such as "inetrminable", "innterminable", and "intemrinable". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable. The correct English form is interminable, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
Etymology
From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inetrminable,innterminable,intemrinable,interimnable,intermianble,interminabble,interminabel,interminablle,interminalbe,interminbale,interminible,interminnable,intermminable,intermniable,interrminable,intreminable,intterminable,itnerminable,niterminable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interminable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “interminable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/ (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.