intrastate

adj

"intrastate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“intrastate” is uncommon English (frequency #69,962 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,962
frequency rank, English
17,902
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Within a sovereign state or country.

Key facts for intrastate
PropertyValue
Headwordintrastate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,962
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “intrastate” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). intrastate lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intrastate is uncommon English at frequency #69,962 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

intrastate has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From intra- + state. The correct English form is intrastate, spelled I-N-T-R-A-S-T-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Within a sovereign state or country.
  2. 2
    Within a state.

Etymology

From intra- + state.

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 "intrastate"?
"intrastate" is spelled I-N-T-R-A-S-T-A-T-E.
What does "intrastate" mean?
As an adjective, "intrastate" means: Within a sovereign state or country.
What is the origin of the word "intrastate"?
From intra- + state. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “intrastate”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-R-A-S-T-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list