internement

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“internement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,853
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’interner une personne ou état d’une personne internée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-internement · internement · French

internement · rank #27,853 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,853
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intendance

Nearest frequency peer: intendance (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « internement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « internement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

internement vs inversement
82% similar
internement vs intensément
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for internement
PropertyValue
Headwordinternement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#27,853
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « internement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.internementse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intendance » (#27,852), « intervienne » (#27,854), « inséparable » (#27,851). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « internement » est au #27,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around internement (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,853 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action d’interner une personne ou état d’une personne internée.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for internement, with forms such as "inetrnement", "innternement", and "intenrement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "inversement", "intensément", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is internement, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’interner une personne ou état d’une personne internée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’internement est exécuté dans un établissement fermé et ne sera levé que lorsque on peut considérer que l’interné se conduira correctement en liberté.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrnement
  • innternement
  • intenrement
  • interenment
  • interneemnt
  • internemennt
  • internementt
  • internemetn
  • internemment
  • internemnet
  • internmeent
  • internnement
  • interrnement
  • intrenement
  • intternement
  • itnernement
  • niternement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of internement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inetrnement2innternement1intenrement2interenment2interneemnt2internemennt1internementt1internemetn2
Edit distance from "internement"

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 "internement"?
"internement" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\.
What does "internement" mean?
As a noun, "internement" means: Action d’interner une personne ou état d’une personne internée.
What words are commonly confused with "internement"?
"internement" is commonly confused with "inversement", "intensément". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "internement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "internement" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "internement" come from?
"internement" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "internement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intervienne#27,854inséparable#27,851infatigable#27,846Kickstarter#27,862

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

homosexuelles17 variantsenrichissent17 variantsrecueillement17 variantsdemanderont17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list