intermezzo
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd.zo\
The verdict
“intermezzo” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Intermède musical, partie, le plus souvent intercalaire, d'une œuvre musicale.
| 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) |
Where “intermezzo” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intermezzo is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd.zo\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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.
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Using “intermezzo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-R-M-E-Z-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd.zo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.