interesse

/\in.te.ˈrɛs.se\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,015

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

interesse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Intérêt. Pronounced \in.te.ˈrɛs.se\. Often confused with intérêts and interest.

Key facts for interesse
PropertyValue
Headwordinteresse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\in.te.ˈrɛs.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,015
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of interesse in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for interesse is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \in.te.ˈrɛs.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,015 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Intérêt.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for interesse, with forms such as "inetresse", "innteresse", and "inteersse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "intérêts", "interest", "interpose", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is interesse, spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intérêt.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetresse,innteresse,inteersse,interese,intereses,interresse,intersese,intreesse,intteresse,itneresse,niteresse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for interesse

Misspelling Variants of "interesse"

inetresse9innteresse10inteersse9interese8intereses9interresse10intersese9intreesse9
Misspelling Variants of "interesse"

Frequency rank: #25,015 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interesse"?
"interesse" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \in.te.ˈrɛs.se\.
What does "interesse" mean?
As a noun, "interesse" means: Intérêt.
What words are commonly confused with "interesse"?
"interesse" is commonly confused with "intérêts", "interest", "interpose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interesse" is \in.te.ˈrɛs.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interesse" come from?
"interesse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.