interpellation

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“interpellation” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,490
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’interpeller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interpellation · interpellation · French

interpellation · rank #14,490 · 19 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,490
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inondation

Nearest frequency peer: inondation (-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 « interpellation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « interpellation » 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).

interpellation vs interpolation
86% similar
interpellation vs interpellations
93% similar

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

Key facts for interpellation
PropertyValue
Headwordinterpellation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#14,490
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interpellation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).interpellationse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inondation » (#14,489), « investisseur » (#14,491), « infantile » (#14,488). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interpellation » est au #14,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around interpellation (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,490 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for interpellation, with forms such as "inetrpellation", "innterpellation", and "inteprellation". 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, "interpolation", "interpellations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is interpellation, spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’interpeller.
  2. 2
    Sommation à un témoin, à une des parties de s’expliquer sur la véracité ou la fausseté d’un fait.
  3. 3
    Réclamation d’un parlementaire, à un ministre, de s’expliquer devant une des chambres du parlement, de ses actions, de sa politique.
  4. 4
    Action d’interpeller un suspect.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les apostrophes injurieuses, les interpellations violentes des réactionnaires, interrompirent cent fois les discours des orateurs des gauches.
  2. Pas de revendications, ni d’interpellations ad nominem ^([sic : ad hominem]) : pendant une heure, le successeur de Jean-Michel Blanquer a nagé dans la bienveillance, passant d’un stand à un autre sans avoir à gérer le comportement imprévisible de professeurs insatisfaits, voire mécontents.

This word in other languages

interpelación(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrpellation
  • innterpellation
  • inteprellation
  • interepllation
  • interpelaltion
  • interpelation
  • interpellaiton
  • interpellatino
  • interpellationn
  • interpellatoin
  • interpellattion
  • interpelltaion
  • interplelation
  • interppellation
  • interrpellation
  • intrepellation
  • intterpellation
  • itnerpellation
  • niterpellation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interpellation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inetrpellation2innterpellation1inteprellation2interepllation2interpelaltion2interpelation1interpellaiton2interpellatino2
Edit distance from "interpellation"

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 "interpellation"?
"interpellation" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "interpellation" mean?
As a noun, "interpellation" means: Action d’interpeller.
What words are commonly confused with "interpellation"?
"interpellation" is commonly confused with "interpolation", "interpellations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interpellation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interpellation" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interpellation" come from?
"interpellation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

luxembourgeois#14,503représentaient#14,549ralentissement#14,343photographique#14,327

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

hebdomadaires19 variantssatisfaisante19 variantsaugmentations19 variantsSaskatchewan19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list