interests

\ˈɪn.tɹɪsts\

/\ˈɪn.tɹɪsts\/ noun

The verdict

“interests” is uncommon French (frequency #90,831 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,831
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-interests · interests · French

interests · rank #90,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,831
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intercepteur

Nearest frequency peer: intercepteur (-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 « interests »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interests
PropertyValue
Headwordinterests
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈɪn.tɹɪsts\
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « interests » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intereststombe 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: « intercepteur » (#90,830), « interethniques » (#90,832), « intemporels » (#90,829). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interests » est au #90,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interests is uncommon French at frequency #90,831 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɪn.tɹɪsts\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de interest.".

interests has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 interests, spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de interest.

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 "interests"?
"interests" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɪn.tɹɪsts\.
What does "interests" mean?
As a noun, "interests" means: Pluriel de interest.
How do you pronounce "interests"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interests" is \ˈɪn.tɹɪsts\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interests" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list