interstice

Name: interstice, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.stis\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.stis\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“interstice” is an uncommon French word, ranked #81,269 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#81,269
frequency rank, French: 10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très petit intervalle d’espace laissé entre les parties d’un ensemble, d’un assemblage, d’un matériau, d’une matière.

Key facts for interstice
Property	Value
Headword	interstice
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.stis\
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#81,269
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “interstice” 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). interstice lands here:

#81,269

#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 interstice is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.stis\. Corpus data places it at rank #81,269 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for interstice in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is interstice, spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-T-I-C-E.

Definition

1
Très petit intervalle d’espace laissé entre les parties d’un ensemble, d’un assemblage, d’un matériau, d’une matière.
2
Intervalle de temps.
3
En droit canonique, l’intervalle de temps que l’Église fait observer entre la réception de deux ordres sacrés.

This word in other languages

interstice(English)intersticio(Español)

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 "interstice"?

"interstice" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-T-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.stis\.

What does "interstice" mean?

As a noun, "interstice" means: Très petit intervalle d’espace laissé entre les parties d’un ensemble, d’un assemblage, d’un matériau, d’une matière.

How do you pronounce "interstice"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interstice" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.stis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "interstice" come from?

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Using “interstice”

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

The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-E-R-S-T-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.stis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.