interligne

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.liɲ\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.liɲ\/ noun

The verdict

“interligne” is uncommon French (frequency #79,421 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,421
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espace qui est entre deux lignes écrites ou imprimées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interligne · interligne · French

interligne · rank #79,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,421
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH instrus

Nearest frequency peer: instrus (-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 « interligne »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interligne
PropertyValue
Headwordinterligne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.liɲ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,421
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « interligne » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.interlignetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « instrus » (#79,420), « intraduisible » (#79,422), « institutionnaliser » (#79,419). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interligne » est au #79,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interligne is uncommon French at frequency #79,421 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.liɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for interligne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 interligne, spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-I-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espace qui est entre deux lignes écrites ou imprimées.
  2. 2
    Espace qui sépare deux lignes de la portée musicale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Écrire dans l’interligne, en interligne.
  2. De grands interlignes.

This word in other languages

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 "interligne"?
"interligne" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-I-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.liɲ\.
What does "interligne" mean?
As a noun, "interligne" means: Espace qui est entre deux lignes écrites ou imprimées.
How do you pronounce "interligne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interligne" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.liɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interligne" come from?
"interligne" 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 "interligne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list