interférence

Name: interférence, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“interférence” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,367. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,367
frequency rank, French: 142,603
“I” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Phénomène dans lequel deux vibrations s’annulent en se superposant.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

interférence vs interférences

92% similar

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

Key facts for interférence
Property	Value
Headword	interférence
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#25,367
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “interférence” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). interférence lands here:

#25,367

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around interférence (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,367 among 142,603 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for interférence, with forms such as "inetrférence", "innterférence", and "intefrérence". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "interférences", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is interférence, spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-É-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

1
Phénomène dans lequel deux vibrations s’annulent en se superposant.
2
Phénomène résultant de la superposition d’au moins deux oscillations ou ondes cohérentes de même nature et de fréquences égales ou voisines; ce phénomène se manifeste par une variation dans l’espace ou dans le temps de l’amplitude de la résultante des ondes ou oscillations superposées.
3
Intervention d’un élément extérieur dans un problème, une situation, un processus.

Synonyms

immixtion ingérence

This word in other languages

Interferenz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

inetrférence
innterférence
intefrérence
interference
interfférence
interfréence
interféernce
interférecne
interférencce
interférenec
interférennce
interférnece
interférrence
interrférence
interéfrence
intreférence
intterférence
itnerférence
niterférence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interférence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "interférence"

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 "interférence"?

"interférence" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-É-R-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\.

What does "interférence" mean?

As a noun, "interférence" means: Phénomène dans lequel deux vibrations s’annulent en se superposant.

What words are commonly confused with "interférence"?

"interférence" is commonly confused with "interférences". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "interférence"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interférence" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "interférence" come from?

"interférence" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “interférence”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-R-F-É-R-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “interférences” - see the side-by-side comparison. interférence vs interférences
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.