interview
/ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/
"interview" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interview” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,458 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,458
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interview |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “interview” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for interview is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,458 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for interview, with forms such as "inetrview", "innterview", and "interivew". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "interviewed", "interviewer", "interviewee", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view. The correct English form is interview, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W.
Definition
- 1An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
- 2Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
- 3A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc.
- 4A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
- 5An audition.
- 6A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
Etymology
From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inetrview,innterview,interivew,interrview,interveiw,intervieww,interviwe,intervview,intevriew,intreview,intterview,itnerview,niterview
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interview - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “interview”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “interviewed” - see the side-by-side comparison. interview vs interviewed
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.