interferencia
[ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾẽnsja]
The verdict
“interferencia” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #13,496 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,496
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de interferir.
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 | interferencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾẽnsja] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #13,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “interferencia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for interferencia is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,496 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de interferir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for interferencia, with forms such as "inetrferencia", "innterferencia", and "intefrerencia". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "interferencias", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is interferencia, spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-E-R-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de interferir.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inetrferencia,innterferencia,intefrerencia,interefrencia,interfeerncia,interferecnia,interferencai,interferenccia,interferenica,interferenncia,interferensia,interfernecia,interferrencia,interfferencia,interfreencia,interrferencia,intreferencia,intterferencia,itnerferencia,niterferencia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interferencia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “interferencia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-T-E-R-F-E-R-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾẽnsja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “interferencias” - see the side-by-side comparison. interferencia vs interferencias
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.