interdire

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“interdire” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,682. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,682
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défendre quelque chose à quelqu’un, ne pas lui permettre par une décision d'autorité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interdire · interdire · French

interdire · rank #4,682 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,682
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH instance

Nearest frequency peer: instance (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “interdire”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “interdire” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

interdire vs interdit
78% similar
interdire vs interdis
78% similar
interdire vs interdite
89% similar

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

Key facts for interdire
PropertyValue
Headwordinterdire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,682
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “interdire” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.interdirese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « instance » (#4,681), « impressionnant » (#4,680), « Jones » (#4,684). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around interdire (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,682 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for interdire, with forms such as "inetrdire", "innterdire", and "intedrire". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "interdit", "interdis", "interdite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is interdire, spelled I-N-T-E-R-D-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Défendre quelque chose à quelqu’un, ne pas lui permettre par une décision d'autorité.
  2. 2
    Défendre à un ecclésiastique l’exercice des ordres sacrés, ou à tout ecclésiastique la célébration des sacrements et du service divin dans les lieux marqués par la sentence.
  3. 3
    Défendre à quelqu’un, temporairement ou pour toujours, de continuer l’exercice de ses fonctions.
  4. 4
    Ôter à quelqu’un la libre disposition de ses biens, et même de sa personne.
  5. 5
    Empêcher.
  6. 6
    Étonner, troubler quelqu’un, en sorte qu’il ne sache ce qu’il dit ni ce qu’il fait.
  7. 7
    S'empêcher, se défendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Courrier français, qui n'y allait pas par quatre chemins, demanda énergiquement que la circulation fût interdite sur le chemin de fer du Nord tant que la sécurité des voyageurs n'y serait pas assurée.
  2. Faites interdire la porte, j’ai à vous parler sur un sujet qui vous plaira davantage : une bonne œuvre.

Synonyms

prohiberdéfendre

Antonyms

autoriserpermettre

This word in other languages

forbid(English)prohibir(Español)verbieten(Deutsch)proibir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrdire
  • innterdire
  • intedrire
  • interddire
  • interdier
  • interdirre
  • interdrie
  • interidre
  • interrdire
  • intredire
  • intterdire
  • itnerdire
  • niterdire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interdire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

inetrdire2innterdire1intedrire2interddire1interdier2interdirre1interdrie2interidre2
Edit distance from "interdire"

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 "interdire"?
"interdire" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-D-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ\.
What does "interdire" mean?
As a verb, "interdire" means: Défendre quelque chose à quelqu’un, ne pas lui permettre par une décision d'autorité.
What words are commonly confused with "interdire"?
"interdire" is commonly confused with "interdit", "interdis", "interdite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interdire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interdire" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interdire" come from?
"interdire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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What to do next

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  • "interdire" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "interdit". View pair
  • 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #4,682 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list