interpreter

noun

The verdict

“interpreter” is an uncommon French word, ranked #81,268 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#81,268
frequency rank, French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Interprète.

Key facts for interpreter
PropertyValue
Headwordinterpreter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,268
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “interpreter” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). interpreter lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for interpreter is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #81,268 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for interpreter, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists 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 interpreter, spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-R-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interprète.
  2. 2
    Interpréteur.

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 "interpreter"?
"interpreter" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-R-E-T-E-R.
What does "interpreter" mean?
As a noun, "interpreter" means: Interprète.
What language does "interpreter" come from?
"interpreter" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “interpreter”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-R-P-R-E-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list