interfère

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fɛʁ\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fɛʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“interfère” is uncommon French (frequency #52,124 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,124
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe interférer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interfere · interfère · French

interfère · rank #52,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,124
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intentionné

Nearest frequency peer: intentionné (-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 « interfère »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interfère
PropertyValue
Headwordinterfère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,124
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « interfère » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).interfèretombe 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: « intentionné » (#52,123), « intervenante » (#52,125), « insurmontables » (#52,122). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interfère » est au #52,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interfère is uncommon French at frequency #52,124 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for interfère in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 interfère, spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe interférer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe interférer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe interférer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe interférer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent du verbe interférer.

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 "interfère"?
"interfère" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fɛʁ\.
What does "interfère" mean?
As a verb, "interfère" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe interférer.
How do you pronounce "interfère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interfère" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interfère" come from?
"interfère" 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 "interfère", 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