interpelle

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\/ verb

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The verdict

“interpelle” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,158. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,158
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de interpeller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interpelle · interpelle · French

interpelle · rank #16,158 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,158
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intacte

Nearest frequency peer: intacte (-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 « interpelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « interpelle » 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).

interpelle vs intervalle
80% similar
interpelle vs interpeller
91% similar
interpelle vs interpellés
82% similar

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

Key facts for interpelle
PropertyValue
Headwordinterpelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,158
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interpelle »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intacte » (#16,157), « intègrent » (#16,159), « instituteur » (#16,156). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interpelle » est au #16,158. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around interpelle (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,158 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for interpelle, with forms such as "inetrpelle", "innterpelle", and "inteprelle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "intervalle", "interpeller", "interpellés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 interpelle, spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de interpeller.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de interpeller.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de interpeller.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de interpeller.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de interpeller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un homme en salopette le découvre là au petit matin, trempé, paupières closes, et l’interpelle dans sa langue dont les mots assonants le tirent lentement de sa torpeur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrpelle
  • innterpelle
  • inteprelle
  • intereplle
  • interpele
  • interpelel
  • interplele
  • interppelle
  • interrpelle
  • intrepelle
  • intterpelle
  • itnerpelle
  • niterpelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inetrpelle2innterpelle1inteprelle2intereplle2interpele1interpelel2interplele2interppelle1
Edit distance from "interpelle"

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 "interpelle"?
"interpelle" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\.
What does "interpelle" mean?
As a verb, "interpelle" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de interpeller.
What words are commonly confused with "interpelle"?
"interpelle" is commonly confused with "intervalle", "interpeller", "interpellés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interpelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interpelle" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interpelle" come from?
"interpelle" 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 "interpelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inhabituel#16,155inventions#16,161impliquent#16,150hémisphère#16,148

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

inclusion13 variantslibraires13 variantsgrotesque13 variantsflandres13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list