interposition
"interposition" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interposition” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-interposition · interposition · English
interposition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interposition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “interposition” in English
Rare enough to double-check
interposition is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for interposition in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English interposicion, from Old French interposicion, from Latin interpositio. The correct English form is interposition, spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
- 2The thing interposed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how interposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] a Scuffle immediately ensued, which might have produced Mischief, had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]
“True, true,” cried Mr. Knightley, with most ready interposition—“very true […]”
Etymology
From Middle English interposicion, from Old French interposicion, from Latin interpositio.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.