interaction

\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“interaction” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,180
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action ou influence réciproque qui peut s’établir entre deux objets ou plus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interaction · interaction · French

interaction · rank #9,180 · 16 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,180
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH insécurité

Nearest frequency peer: insécurité (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « interaction »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « interaction » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

interaction vs interactive
82% similar
interaction vs interdiction
83% similar
interaction vs interactions
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for interaction
PropertyValue
Headwordinteraction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,180
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interaction »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).interactionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « insécurité » (#9,179), « intervenants » (#9,181), « innovations » (#9,178). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interaction » est au #9,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around interaction (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,180 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for interaction, with forms such as "inetraction", "innteraction", and "intearction". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "interactive", "interdiction", "interactions", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is interaction, spelled I-N-T-E-R-A-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action ou influence réciproque qui peut s’établir entre deux objets ou plus.
  2. 2
    En parlant des interactions élémentaires.
  3. 3
    Influence réciproque pouvant s’établir entre deux personnes ou plus. Une interaction se décompose en plusieurs séquences, échanges et tours de parole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how interaction appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Alliant tradition et modernité, la phytothérapie n'est exclusive d'aucune autre thérapeutique. Elle connaît des précautions d'emploi, des contre-indications, des interactions et, nous l'avons vu, un professionnel de la santé est le mieux placé pour la conseiller à chacun, selon ses besoins.
  2. Il n’est qu’un élément du système phonatoire, dont le fonctionnement repose sur l’interaction entre trois classes d’organes : les poumons, le pharynx et les cavités supraglottiques (bouche, nez, lèvres, pharynx…).

This word in other languages

interaction(English)interacción(Español)Interaktion(Deutsch)interação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetraction
  • innteraction
  • intearction
  • interacction
  • interaciton
  • interactino
  • interactionn
  • interactoin
  • interacttion
  • interatcion
  • intercation
  • interraction
  • intreaction
  • intteraction
  • itneraction
  • niteraction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interaction - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inetraction2innteraction1intearction2interacction1interaciton2interactino2interactionn1interactoin2
Edit distance from "interaction"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interaction"?
"interaction" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-A-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\.
What does "interaction" mean?
As a noun, "interaction" means: Action ou influence réciproque qui peut s’établir entre deux objets ou plus.
What words are commonly confused with "interaction"?
"interaction" is commonly confused with "interactive", "interdiction", "interactions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interaction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interaction" is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interaction" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "interaction", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

innovations#9,178massivement#9,194prestigieux#9,220psychologue#9,226

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

ministères16 variantsconformité16 variantscomportent16 variantsprospérité16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list