interferir
Letters
10 characters
Frequency Rank
#16,142
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
15
tracked variants
Confusables
1
similar word pairs
interferir is aSpanishverb. It means: Introducir algo que se cruza en el camino o trayectoria de otra cosa o persona. Pronounced [ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾiɾ]. Often confused with intervenir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interferir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾiɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for interferir is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,142 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for interferir, with forms such as "inetrferir", "innterferir", and "intefrerir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "intervenir", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is interferir, spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-E-R-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Introducir algo que se cruza en el camino o trayectoria de otra cosa o persona.
- 2Causar acción recíproca de las ondas, afectando su movimiento.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inetrferir,innterferir,intefrerir,interefrir,interfeirr,interferirr,interferri,interferrir,interfferir,interfreir,interrferir,intreferir,intterferir,itnerferir,niterferir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for interferir
Misspelling Variants of "interferir"
Frequency rank: #16,142 in Spanish
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