interferir
[ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾiɾ]
The verdict
“interferir” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,142
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Introducir algo que se cruza en el camino o trayectoria de otra cosa o persona.
Corpus desk
Index ES-interferir · interferir · Spanish
interferir · rank #16,142 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,142
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH laburo
Nearest frequency peer: laburo (+1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “interferir”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- inseguro
inseguro
83,862 corpus weight
- instalados
instalados
83,861 corpus weight
- interferir
interferir
83,859 corpus weight
- laburo
laburo
83,858 corpus weight
- Laurent
Laurent
83,857 corpus weight
- lotes
lotes
83,856 corpus weight
What this shows “interferir” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | 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) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “interferir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around interferir (IPA [ĩn̪t̪eɾfeˈɾiɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,142 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for interferir, with forms such as "inetrferir", "innterferir", and "intefrerir". 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, "intervenir", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is interferir, spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-E-R-I-R.
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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetrferir
- innterferir
- intefrerir
- interefrir
- interfeirr
- interferirr
- interferri
- interferrir
- interfferir
- interfreir
- interrferir
- intreferir
- intterferir
- itnerferir
- niterferir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interferir - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "interferir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).