# intern

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈtɝn/ · frequency rank #11,727

## Definitions
1. A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.

## Etymology
From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2.

## Easily confused with
- **intro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intern-vs-intro)
- **invert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intern-vs-invert)
- **internet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intern-vs-internet)
- **internal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intern-vs-internal)
- **inner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inner-vs-intern)
- **intel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intel-vs-intern)
- **infer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infer-vs-intern)
- **inert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inert-vs-intern)
- **intent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intent-vs-intern)
- **intend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intend-vs-intern)
- **insert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insert-vs-intern)
- **interim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interim-vs-intern)
- **inferno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inferno-vs-intern)

## Common misspellings (9)
`inetrn`, `inntern`, `intenr`, `internn`, `interrn`, `intren`, `inttern`, `itnern`, `nitern`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/intern