intermezzo
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd.zo\
The verdict
“intermezzo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intermède musical, partie, le plus souvent intercalaire, d'une œuvre musicale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intermezzo · intermezzo · French
intermezzo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intermezzo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd.zo\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
intermezzo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd.zo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
intermezzo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 intermezzo, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-E-Z-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Intermède musical, partie, le plus souvent intercalaire, d'une œuvre musicale.
- 2Coup intermédiaire censé apporter un avantage à celui qui le joue, en contraignant l'adversaire à parer une menace en lieu et place d'un coup attendu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intermezzo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans Euryanthe [de Weber], l'apparition de l'ombre d'Emma, formant le poétique intermezzo de l’Ouverture.
Entre le premier et le deuxième morceau [d'une Sonate], on peut intercaler une petite pièce courte telle que Menuet, Scherzo, Intermezzo.
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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.