interressant
\ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“interressant” is uncommon French (frequency #60,110 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,110
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne orthographe de intéressant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-interressant · interressant · French
interressant · rank #60,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,110
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH intercalaires
Nearest frequency peer: intercalaires (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « interressant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- insuffle
insuffle
39,894 corpus weight
- intempestive
intempestive
39,893 corpus weight
- intercalair…
intercalaires
39,892 corpus weight
- interressant
interressant
39,891 corpus weight
- interurbain
interurbain
39,890 corpus weight
- inu
inu
39,889 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « interressant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interressant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « interressant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
interressant is uncommon French at frequency #60,110 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancienne orthographe de intéressant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for interressant in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is interressant, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-E-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Ancienne orthographe de intéressant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how interressant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Scene d'Electre & de Tydée est (dit-il) sans contredit la plus pathétique de la Tragédie : elle est d'autant plus interressante , que les Spectateurs sont persuadés , ou du moins se doutent que Tydée est Oreste.
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.
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