interrogatoire

Name: interrogatoire, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\

/\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“interrogatoire” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,180
frequency rank, French: 3,561
“I” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suite des questions que fait un juge sur des faits civils ou criminels, et des réponses que fait celui qui est interrogé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interrogatoire · interrogatoire · French

interrogatoire · rank #12,180 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #12,180
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-7 7 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 3,561
PHOTO-FINISH interrogation

Nearest frequency peer: interrogation (-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.

induit

87,824
installées

87,823
interrogati…

87,822
interrogato…

87,821
iso

87,820
kent

87,819

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

interrogatoire vs interrogatoires

93% similar

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

Key facts for interrogatoire
Property	Value
Headword	interrogatoire
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#12,180
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interrogatoire »

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

#12,180

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « interrogation » (#12,179), « iso » (#12,181), « installées » (#12,178). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interrogatoire » est au #12,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around interrogatoire (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,180 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for interrogatoire, with forms such as "inetrrogatoire", "innterrogatoire", and "interogatoire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "interrogatoires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists 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 interrogatoire, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-G-A-T-O-I-R-E.

Definition

1
Suite des questions que fait un juge sur des faits civils ou criminels, et des réponses que fait celui qui est interrogé.
2
Série de questions.
3
Procès-verbal qui contient les interrogations du juge et les réponses de l’accusé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Sire, ils résultent d’un interrogatoire que j’ai fait subir à un homme de Marseille
Les interrogatoires vont bon train. […]. Les arguments frappants sont de rigueur. Ils veulent les noms des meneurs, le reste ne les intéresse pas. J'apprends par ceux qui ont été interrogés que ce n'est pas de la tarte. — Les plus visés sont ceux de la deuxième cour, m'avertit Pénoche. Avant même de t'interroger, ils commencent par te filer une douille, h…

This word in other languages

interrogation(English)interrogatorio(Español)interrogatório(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

inetrrogatoire
innterrogatoire
interogatoire
interorgatoire
interrgoatoire
interroagtoire
interrogaotire
interrogatiore
interrogatoier
interrogatoirre
interrogatorie
interrogattoire
interroggatoire
interrogtaoire
intrerogatoire
intterrogatoire
itnerrogatoire
niterrogatoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interrogatoire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "interrogatoire"

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 "interrogatoire"?

"interrogatoire" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-G-A-T-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\.

What does "interrogatoire" mean?

As a noun, "interrogatoire" means: Suite des questions que fait un juge sur des faits civils ou criminels, et des réponses que fait celui qui est interrogé.

What words are commonly confused with "interrogatoire"?

"interrogatoire" is commonly confused with "interrogatoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "interrogatoire"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interrogatoire" is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "interrogatoire" come from?

"interrogatoire" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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