interloquer

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔ.ke\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔ.ke\/ verb

The verdict

“interloquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interdire quelqu’un en lui coupant la parole.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interloquer · interloquer · French

interloquer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for interloquer
PropertyValue
Headwordinterloquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔ.ke\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « interloquer » en français

interloquern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interloquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔ.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interdire quelqu’un en lui coupant la parole.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for interloquer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is interloquer, spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-O-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interdire quelqu’un en lui coupant la parole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette plaisanterie m’a interloqué.
  2. J’en suis resté tout interloqué.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interloquer"?
"interloquer" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-O-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔ.ke\.
What does "interloquer" mean?
As a verb, "interloquer" means: Interdire quelqu’un en lui coupant la parole.
How do you pronounce "interloquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interloquer" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɔ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interloquer" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list