interprovincial
"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
- infectivity
infectivity
6,172 corpus weight
- infringer
infringer
6,171 corpus weight
- intermezzo
intermezzo
6,169 corpus weight
- interprovin…
interprovincial
6,167 corpus weight
- IoE
IoE
6,165 corpus weight
- irian
irian
6,163 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “interprovincial” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interprovincial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #93,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “interprovincial” in English
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
- 1Occurring or existing between provinces
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how interprovincial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).