interpersonal
adjective
interpersonal is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “interpersonal vs intrapersonal” about 6,600 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, interpersonal means “Between two or more people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in interpersonal?
| Letters | 13: I-N-T-E-R-P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is interpersonal?
Interpersonal appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 interpersonal?
Interpersonal 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-interpersonal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with interpersonal
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does interpersonal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Between two or more people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Interpersonal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense between persons:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | interpersonnel |
| German | zwischenmenschlich |
| Portuguese | interpessoal |
| Spanish | interpersonal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does interpersonal come from?
From inter- + personal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).