intercepteur

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.tœʁ\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.tœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“intercepteur” is uncommon French (frequency #90,830 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,830
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui intercepte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intercepteur · intercepteur · French

intercepteur · rank #90,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,830
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intemporels

Nearest frequency peer: intemporels (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « intercepteur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intercepteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intercepteur
PropertyValue
Headwordintercepteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.tœʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#90,830
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « intercepteur » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).intercepteurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « intemporels » (#90,829), « interests » (#90,831), « interethniques » (#90,832). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intercepteur » est au #90,830. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intercepteur is uncommon French at frequency #90,830 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui intercepte.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for intercepteur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is intercepteur, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui intercepte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La France a signé avec l’Arabie Saoudite un contrat pour 79 vedette interceptrices.

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 "intercepteur"?
"intercepteur" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.tœʁ\.
What does "intercepteur" mean?
As an adjective, "intercepteur" means: Qui intercepte.
How do you pronounce "intercepteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intercepteur" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intercepteur" come from?
"intercepteur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inconsistant#90,823hiérarchisés#90,803harnachement#90,794leishmaniose#90,878

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list