# interview

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/ · frequency rank #1,458

## Definitions
1. An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
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. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
5. An audition.
6. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **interviewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interview-vs-interviewed)
- **interviewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interview-vs-interviewer)
- **interviewee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interview-vs-interviewee)

## Common misspellings (13)
`inetrview`, `innterview`, `interivew`, `interrview`, `interveiw`, `intervieww`, `interviwe`, `intervview`, `intevriew`, `intreview`, `intterview`, `itnerview`, `niterview`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/interview