interférer

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁe\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“interférer” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,221
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire des interférences ; perturber le bon fonctionnement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interferer · interférer · French

interférer · rank #30,221 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,221
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH interdis

Nearest frequency peer: interdis (-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 « interférer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « interférer » 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
Key facts for interférer
PropertyValue
Headwordinterférer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#30,221
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interférer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.interférerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « interdis » (#30,220), « Intermarché » (#30,222), « intercommunal » (#30,219). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interférer » est au #30,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around interférer (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,221 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for interférer, with forms such as "inetrférer", "innterférer", and "intefrérer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 interférer, spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire des interférences ; perturber le bon fonctionnement.
  2. 2
    Interagir ; se combiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gerets ne veut pas interférer avec Deschamps.
  2. À un stade plus avancé, les bras morts en voie d’assèchement présentent un complexe où il est facile pourtant de déceler, parmi les groupements qui s’interfèrent, l’association initiale.

This word in other languages

interfere(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrférer
  • innterférer
  • intefrérer
  • interferer
  • interfférer
  • interfréer
  • interféerr
  • interférerr
  • interférre
  • interférrer
  • interrférer
  • interéfrer
  • intreférer
  • intterférer
  • itnerférer
  • niterférer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interférer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inetrférer2innterférer1intefrérer2interferer1interfférer1interfréer2interféerr2interférerr1
Edit distance from "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 "interférer"?
"interférer" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁe\.
What does "interférer" mean?
As a verb, "interférer" means: Faire des interférences ; perturber le bon fonctionnement.
What are common misspellings of "interférer"?
Common misspellings include "inetrférer", "innterférer", "intefrérer", "interferer", "interfférer". The correct spelling is "interférer".
How do you pronounce "interférer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interférer" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interférer" come from?
"interférer" 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 "interférer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list