intéresser

/\ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,866

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

intéresser is aFrenchverb. It means: Mêler, concerner, faire intervenir. Pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\. It ranks #4,866 in French word frequency. Often confused with intéresses and interposer.

Key facts for intéresser
PropertyValue
Headwordintéresser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,866
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for intéresser is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,866 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for intéresser, with forms such as "inntéresser", "interesser", and "intréesser". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "intéresses", "interposer", "intéressez", 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 intéresser, spelled I-N-T-É-R-E-S-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mêler, concerner, faire intervenir.
  2. 2
    Attirer l’attention, piquer la curiosité ou susciter un intérêt.
  3. 3
    (Absolument) Susciter de l'intérêt, de la curiosité à propos de soi
  4. 4
    Avoir de l’importance pour quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Avoir un intérêt matériel, financier.
  6. 6
    Y avoir son siège, en parlant d’une affection pathologique, pour un organe.
  7. 7
    Mettre un enjeu dans une partie.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inntéresser,interesser,intréesser,inttéresser,intéersser,intéreser,intéresesr,intéresserr,intéressre,intérresser,intérseser,inétresser,itnéresser,nitéresser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intéresser

Misspelling Variants of "intéresser"

inntéresser11interesser10intréesser10inttéresser11intéersser10intéreser9intéresesr10intéresserr11
Misspelling Variants of "intéresser"

Frequency rank: #4,866 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intéresser"?
"intéresser" is spelled I-N-T-É-R-E-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\.
What does "intéresser" mean?
As a verb, "intéresser" means: Mêler, concerner, faire intervenir.
What words are commonly confused with "intéresser"?
"intéresser" is commonly confused with "intéresses", "interposer", "intéressez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intéresser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intéresser" is \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intéresser" come from?
"intéresser" 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.