interjection

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“interjection” is uncommon French (frequency #72,437 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,437
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Catégorie de mot invariable, permettant au sujet parlant, l'énonciateur, d'exprimer une émotion spontanée, d'adresser un message au destinataire, ou encore de réaliser approximativement une image s...

Corpus desk

Index FR-interjection · interjection · French

interjection · rank #72,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,437
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH interféron

Nearest frequency peer: interféron (-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 « interjection »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interjection
PropertyValue
Headwordinterjection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#72,437
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « interjection » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).interjectiontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « interféron » (#72,436), « interrogeaient » (#72,438), « interbancaire » (#72,435). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interjection » est au #72,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interjection is uncommon French at frequency #72,437 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Catégorie de mot invariable, permettant au sujet parlant, l'énonciateur, d'exprimer une émotion spontanée, d'adresser un message au destinataire, ou encore de réaliser approximativement une image s...".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for interjection, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is interjection, spelled I-N-T-E-R-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Catégorie de mot invariable, permettant au sujet parlant, l'énonciateur, d'exprimer une émotion spontanée, d'adresser un message au destinataire, ou encore de réaliser approximativement une image sonore d'un événement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Thomas Black s’échappait en interjections admiratives. Il applaudissait ce firmament tout constellé.
  2. À la tombée du jour, égaré dans une jungle de paroles, tressaillant au moindre bruit, prenant les craquements du parquet pour des interjections, je croyais découvrir le langage à l’état de nature, sans les hommes.

Synonyms

exclamation

This word in other languages

interjection(English)interjección(Español)Empfindungswort(Deutsch)interjeição(Português)

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 "interjection"?
"interjection" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-J-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "interjection" mean?
As a noun, "interjection" means: Catégorie de mot invariable, permettant au sujet parlant, l'énonciateur, d'exprimer une émotion spontanée, d'adresser un message au destinataire, ou encore de réaliser approximativement une image s...
How do you pronounce "interjection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interjection" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interjection" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "interjection", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list