interino
[ĩn̪t̪eˈɾino]
The verdict
“interino” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,477 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #9,477
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que provisionalmente suple la ausencia de otra persona o cosa.
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 | interino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪eˈɾino] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “interino” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for interino is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪t̪eˈɾino]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,477 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for interino, with forms such as "inetrino", "innterino", and "inteirno". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "interna", "interno", "interior", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is interino, spelled I-N-T-E-R-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Que provisionalmente suple la ausencia de otra persona o cosa.
- 2Dicho de la persona que desempeña un puesto, cargo o una función para cubrir la ausencia de otra.
- 3Dicho de la persona que trabaja en el servicio doméstico y que no pasa la noche en la casa donde labora.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inetrino,innterino,inteirno,interinno,interion,internio,interrino,intreino,intterino,itnerino,niterino
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interino - 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 “interino”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-T-E-R-I-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩn̪t̪eˈɾino] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “interna” - see the side-by-side comparison. interino vs interna
- 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.