interview

/ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/

//ˈɪn.tə.vjuː// noun

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"interview" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“interview” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,458
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.

Corpus desk

Index EN-interview · interview · English

interview · rank #1,458 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,458
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH highest

Nearest frequency peer: highest (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “interview”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “interview” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

interview vs interviewed
82% similar
interview vs interviewer
82% similar
interview vs interviewee
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for interview
PropertyValue
Headwordinterview
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,458
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “interview”

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).interviewlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “highest” (#1,457), “library” (#1,459), “heat” (#1,456). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “interview” is #1,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around interview (IPA /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,458 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
  2. 2
    Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
  3. 3
    A 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.
  4. 4
    A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
  5. 5
    An audition.
  6. 6
    A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. To be present at an interview, as that famous of Henry the Eighth and Francis the First, so much renowned all over Europe[…], no age ever saw the like.
  2. (Aaron Burr narrating): It was at about this time that I learned exactly what it was that Hamilton had said of me, and knew that this world was far too narrow a place to contain the two of us. Hamilton's friend made one further attempt to get him off the hook but only further impaled the slanderer by remarking that should Colonel Burr wish to enquire of a…

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

entrevista(Español)interview(Français)Interview(Deutsch)entrevista(Português)

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.

inetrview2innterview1interivew2interrview1interveiw2intervieww1interviwe2intervview1
Edit distance from "interview"

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 "interview"?
"interview" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/.
What does "interview" mean?
As a noun, "interview" means: An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
What words are commonly confused with "interview"?
"interview" is commonly confused with "interviewed", "interviewer", "interviewee". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interview"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interview" is /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "interview"?
From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view. 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 "interview", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

standing13 variantsdistance13 variantsnorthern13 variantsotherwise13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list