interracial
in·ter·ra·cial/ˌɪntəˈɹeɪʃəl/adjective
interracial is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-A-C-I-A-L, 4 syllables: in·ter·ra·cial. The wrong spelling people search most is interacial: about 580 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Interracial is an adjective meaning “Between or among two or more different races”.
How many letters and syllables are in interracial?
| Letters | 11: I-N-T-E-R-R-A-C-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·ter·ra·cial |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, interacial, about 580 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); 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 do you spell interracial?
Interracial is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-A-C-I-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for interracial in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is interracial?
Interracial 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 interracial?
- /ˌɪntəˈɹeɪʃəl/
Interracial has 4 syllables, split in·ter·ra·cial in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-interracial.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with interracial
Also written: inter-racial (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of interracial
- more interracial comparative
- most interracial superlative
- inter-racial
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does interracial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Between or among two or more different races.
Interracial struggle against Europid people is a para-Marxist notion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate interracial?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of interracial: IR.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Interracial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense between or including two or more races:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | interracial |
| German | interrassisch |
| Portuguese | inter-racial |
| Spanish | interracial |
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 interracial come from?
From inter- + racial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).