intérieur

/\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#615

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

intérieur is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est au dedans ; qui est relatif au dedans. Pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\. It ranks #615 in French word frequency. Often confused with interner and intérieure.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of intérieur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for intérieur is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #615 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for intérieur, with forms such as "inntérieur", "interieur", and "intréieur". 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 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is intérieur, spelled I-N-T-É-R-I-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inntérieur,interieur,intréieur,inttérieur,intéireur,intéreiur,intérieru,intérieurr,intériuer,intérrieur,inétrieur,itnérieur,nitérieur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intérieur

Misspelling Variants of "intérieur"

inntérieur10interieur9intréieur9inttérieur10intéireur9intéreiur9intérieru9intérieurr10
Misspelling Variants of "intérieur"

Frequency rank: #615 in French

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 adj, "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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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.