intérieur

\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\

/\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“intérieur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#615
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est au dedans ; qui est relatif au dedans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interieur · intérieur · French

intérieur · rank #615 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #615
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Internet

Nearest frequency peer: Internet (-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 « intérieur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « intérieur » 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).

intérieur vs interner
67% similar
intérieur vs intérieure
90% similar
intérieur vs intérieurs
90% similar

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

Key facts for intérieur
PropertyValue
Headwordintérieur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#615
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intérieur »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Internet » (#614), « intérêt » (#616), « garde » (#613). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intérieur » est au #615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around intérieur (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #615 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for intérieur, with forms such as "inntérieur", "interieur", and "intréieur". 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 also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "interner", "intérieure", "intérieurs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is intérieur, spelled I-N-T-É-R-I-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est au dedans ; qui est relatif au dedans.
  2. 2
    Relatif à l’âme.
  3. 3
    Spirituel.
  4. 4
    Qui est personnel, propre à soi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D'un autre côté on a prohibé l’exportation de certains produits, dans la crainte qu'il n'en restât plus en assez grande quantité pour la consommation intérieure, ou que les autres nations n'en tirassent avantage.
  2. La loi du 21 mars 1991 est venue considérablement bouleverser le régime du transport ferroviaire intérieur, resté pratiquement inchangé depuis 1891.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inntérieur
  • interieur
  • intréieur
  • inttérieur
  • intéireur
  • intéreiur
  • intérieru
  • intérieurr
  • intériuer
  • intérrieur
  • inétrieur
  • itnérieur
  • nitérieur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inntérieur1interieur1intréieur2inttérieur1intéireur2intéreiur2intérieru2intérieurr1
Edit distance from "intérieur"

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 "intérieur"?
"intérieur" is spelled I-N-T-É-R-I-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\.
What does "intérieur" mean?
As an adjective, "intérieur" means: Qui est au dedans ; qui est relatif au dedans.
What words are commonly confused with "intérieur"?
"intérieur" is commonly confused with "interner", "intérieure", "intérieurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intérieur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intérieur" is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intérieur" come from?
"intérieur" 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 "intérieur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list