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interstate

/ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/adjective, adverb, noun

interstate is spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-T-A-T-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, interstate means “Of, or relating to two or more states” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in interstate?

Letters10: I-N-T-E-R-S-T-A-T-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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

How common is interstate?

Interstate appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th 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 interstate?

  • US /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/
  • US /ˈɪnɚˌsteɪt/
  • US [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t]

Interstate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_interstate.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-interstate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of interstate

  • interstates plural

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

What does interstate mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    AustraliaUSOf, or relating to two or more states.

    interstate commerce

adverb

  1. 1

    AustraliaUSCrossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).

    The truck driver drove interstate to unload.

noun

  1. 1

    USA freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.

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

How do you abbreviate interstate?

Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of interstate: I, Int..

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

Interstate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchinterétatique (of, or relating to two or more states), inter-états (U.S. freeway)
Germanzwischenstaatlich (of, or relating to two or more states), Autobahn (U.S. freeway)
Portugueseinterestadual (of, or relating to two or more states)
Spanishinterestatal (of, or relating to two or more states)

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 interstate come from?

From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops.

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

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