interprovincial

adj

"interprovincial" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“interprovincial” is uncommon English (frequency #93,834 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,834
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Occurring or existing between provinces

Corpus desk

Index EN-interprovincial · interprovincial · English

interprovincial · rank #93,834 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,834
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH intermezzo

Nearest frequency peer: intermezzo (-2 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “interprovincial”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “interprovincial” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interprovincial
PropertyValue
Headwordinterprovincial
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters15
Frequency rank#93,834
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “interprovincial” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).interprovincialfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “intermezzo” (#93,832), “IoE” (#93,836), “infringer” (#93,830). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “interprovincial” is #93,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interprovincial is uncommon English at frequency #93,834 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Occurring or existing between provinces".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for interprovincial, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From inter- + provincial. The correct English form is interprovincial, spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Occurring or existing between provinces

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how interprovincial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Yet in the shadow of all this, at the First Ministers' Meeting in Ottawa today, our premiers are expected to sign off on significant changes to the trade pact respecting interprovincial labour mobility for occupations and professions.

Etymology

From inter- + provincial.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interprovincial"?
"interprovincial" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A-L.
What does "interprovincial" mean?
As an adjective, "interprovincial" means: Occurring or existing between provinces
What is the origin of the word "interprovincial"?
From inter- + provincial. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "interprovincial", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list