interoperate
verb
interoperate is spelled I-N-T-E-R-O-P-E-R-A-T-E: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, interoperate means “To work reliably with another system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in interoperate?
| Letters | 12: I-N-T-E-R-O-P-E-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is interoperate?
Interoperate appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce interoperate?
Interoperate has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of interoperate
- interoperates present, singular, he/she/it
- interoperating participle, present
- interoperated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does interoperate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To work reliably with another system.
It took weeks to get the two email systems to interoperate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does interoperate come from?
From inter- (“between, mutual”) + operate (“work”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).