interventional

adj

"interventional" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“interventional” is uncommon English (frequency #51,183 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,183
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incorporating, or characterized by, intervention

Corpus desk

Index EN-interventional · interventional · English

interventional · rank #51,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,183
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH investigatory

Nearest frequency peer: investigatory (+1 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 “interventional”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interventional
PropertyValue
Headwordinterventional
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Frequency rank#51,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “interventional” 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).interventionalfalls 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: “investigatory” (#51,184), “Irani” (#51,185), “infomercial” (#51,180). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “interventional” is #51,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interventional is uncommon English at frequency #51,183 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for interventional, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From intervention + -al. The correct English form is interventional, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Incorporating, or characterized by, intervention
  2. 2
    Specializing in coronary intervention

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. We conducted an interventional study.
  2. Even some interventional cardiologists have expressed concern about the many patients without symptoms who are treated surgically.

Etymology

From intervention + -al.

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 "interventional"?
"interventional" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-A-L.
What does "interventional" mean?
As an adjective, "interventional" means: Incorporating, or characterized by, intervention
What is the origin of the word "interventional"?
From intervention + -al. 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 "interventional", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list