interface

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas\/ noun

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The verdict

“interface” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,981
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surface de contact entre deux milieux, deux phases.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interface · interface · French

interface · rank #7,981 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,981
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inspirée

Nearest frequency peer: inspirée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « interface »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « interface » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

interface vs interfaces
90% similar

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

Key facts for interface
PropertyValue
Headwordinterface
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,981
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interface »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).interfacese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inspirée » (#7,980), « intitulée » (#7,982), « inquiet » (#7,979). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interface » est au #7,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around interface (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,981 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for interface, with forms such as "inetrface", "innterface", and "intefrace". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "interfaces", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is interface, spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Surface de contact entre deux milieux, deux phases.
  2. 2
    Élément permettant de relier diverses fonctions logistiques.
  3. 3
    Relation, liaison.
  4. 4
    Limite physique ou théorique entre deux systèmes matériels ou logiciels, entre deux parties d’un système ou entre l’utilisateur et sa machine, où s’appliquent les règles et conventions régissant leur interaction. ^([1])
  5. 5
    L’ensemble des règles et conventions d’utilisation d’une interface.
  6. 6
    Ensemble des méthodes publiques d’un objet.
  7. 7
    Celui, celle qui aide à la communication entre une personne sourde et une ou plusieurs personnes entendantes (par exemple lors d’une conférence).
  8. 8
    Interface réseau, généralement un port RJ45.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] il s’agit aussi de faire l’interface et passer un certain nombre de messages qui ne viennent pas nécessairement de vous […].
  2. Interface entre cultures méditerranéennes et peuples de l’intérieur de l’Europe occidentale, le littoral méridional de la Gaule conserve les traces des premiers échanges avec les mondes grec, étrusque ou punique.

This word in other languages

interface(English)interfaz(Español)Grenzfläche(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrface
  • innterface
  • intefrace
  • interafce
  • interfacce
  • interfaec
  • interfcae
  • interfface
  • interrface
  • intreface
  • intterface
  • itnerface
  • niterface

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interface - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inetrface2innterface1intefrace2interafce2interfacce1interfaec2interfcae2interfface1
Edit distance from "interface"

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 "interface"?
"interface" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas\.
What does "interface" mean?
As a noun, "interface" means: Surface de contact entre deux milieux, deux phases.
What words are commonly confused with "interface"?
"interface" is commonly confused with "interfaces". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interface"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interface" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interface" come from?
"interface" 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 "interface", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

intitulée#7,982festivals#7,961prolonger#8,016péninsule#8,018

Similar misspelling depth

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

négatifs13 variantspénétrer13 variantsréfléchi13 variantsviolemment13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list