interesting

\ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪŋ\

/\ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪŋ\/ adj

The verdict

“interesting” is uncommon French (frequency #62,374 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,374
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-interesting · interesting · French

interesting · rank #62,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,374
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intelligibili…

Nearest frequency peer: intelligibilité (-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 « interesting »

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 « interesting » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interesting
PropertyValue
Headwordinteresting
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪŋ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#62,374
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « interesting » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « intelligibilité » (#62,373), « interrogateur » (#62,375), « intellectualisme » (#62,372). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interesting » est au #62,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interesting is uncommon French at frequency #62,374 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intéressant.".

interesting has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is interesting, spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intéressant.

Synonyms

Antonyms

uninteresting

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 "interesting"?
"interesting" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪŋ\.
What does "interesting" mean?
As an adjective, "interesting" means: Intéressant.
How do you pronounce "interesting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interesting" is \ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interesting" come from?
"interesting" 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 "interesting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list