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interchangeable

French, adjective/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʃɑ̃.ʒabl/

interchangeable is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-H-A-N-G-E-A-B-L-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interchangeable is a French adjective meaning “interchangeable, substitutable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui peut être changé l’un pour l’autre, en parlant des éléments d’un mécanisme ou d’une organisation”.

What does interchangeable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    interchangeable, substitutable

    Ces deux termes sont souvent interchangeables.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui peut être changé l’un pour l’autre, en parlant des éléments d’un mécanisme ou d’une organisation.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of interchangeable

  • interchangeables plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce interchangeable?

  • /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʃɑ̃.ʒabl/
  • \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʃɑ̃.ʒabl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to interchangeable

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is interchangeable in French?

interchangeable appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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