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interpleader

noun

interpleader is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-L-E-A-D-E-R: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, interpleader means “One who makes an interplea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of interpleader is interpleaders.

How many letters and syllables are in interpleader?

Letters12: I-N-T-E-R-P-L-E-A-D-E-R
In writingabout once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is interpleader?

Interpleader appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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).

Forms of interpleader

  • interpleaders plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does interpleader mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One who makes an interplea.

  2. 2

    Motion for a third party to enter into a lawsuit in process because a matter is being adjudicated in which they have an interest.

  3. 3

    Process by which a third party asks a court to determine which of two rival claims is to be honored by the third party.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Interpleader in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense Translations:

LanguageWords
Spanishpeticionario, solicitante

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 interpleader come from?

From interplead + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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