interlope
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔp\
The verdict
“interlope” is uncommon French (frequency #82,136 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,136
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Navire marchand exerçant des activités frauduleuses, de la contrebande, plus spécialement dans le cadre du commerce colonial.
Corpus desk
Index FR-interlope · interlope · French
interlope · rank #82,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,136
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH interconnecté
Nearest frequency peer: interconnecté (-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 « interlope »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inspirèrent
inspirèrent
17,868 corpus weight
- intentionnée
intentionnée
17,867 corpus weight
- interconnec…
interconnecté
17,866 corpus weight
- interlope
interlope
17,865 corpus weight
- internazion…
internazionale
17,864 corpus weight
- intruse
intruse
17,863 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « interlope » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interlope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔp\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « interlope » en français
Rare enough to double-check
interlope is uncommon French at frequency #82,136 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Navire marchand exerçant des activités frauduleuses, de la contrebande, plus spécialement dans le cadre du commerce colonial.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for interlope, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is interlope, spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Navire marchand exerçant des activités frauduleuses, de la contrebande, plus spécialement dans le cadre du commerce colonial.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how interlope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bateau du roi, Le Dromadaire, a été enlevé par un interlope quinze jours plus tôt.
A l’égard des interlopes qui demandent à entrer dans les ports sur le prétexte d’une relâche forcée, il faudroit les assujettir à une visite préalable de la part des officiers de la patache, dont il seroit dressé un procès-verbal signé par eux & par les officiers des vaisseaux.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).