intérprete
[ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾpɾet̪e]
The verdict
“intérprete” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,664 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,664
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona que traduce oralmente de una lengua hacia otra.
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 | intérprete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾpɾet̪e] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intérprete” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for intérprete is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾpɾet̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,664 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for intérprete, with forms such as "inntérprete", "intréprete", and "inttérprete". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "interpreto", "interpretar", "interpretan", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is intérprete, spelled I-N-T-É-R-P-R-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Persona que traduce oralmente de una lengua hacia otra.
- 2Artista que toca un instrumento en una obra musical, o que tiene un papel en una obra coreográfica, danza, teatro, cine, etc.
- 3Persona que sabe ver en un texto un significado oculto, o que lo explica de una forma diferente a la textual.
- 4Programa que realiza varias fases del compilador. Se diferencia de este, en que no genera código o no lo traduce a otro lenguaje, sino que lo ejecuta. Ejemplos de intérpretes son: los navegadores de internet, que interpretan lenguaje html y lo muestran; las líneas de comandos SQL, que interpretan y ejecutan las consultas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inntérprete,intréprete,inttérprete,intéprrete,intérperte,intérpprete,intérpreet,intérprette,intérprrete,intérprtee,intérrpete,intérrprete,inétrprete,itnérprete,nitérprete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intérprete - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “intérprete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-T-É-R-P-R-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾpɾet̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “interpreto” - see the side-by-side comparison. intérprete vs interpreto
- 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.