interurbain
\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyʁ.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“interurbain” is uncommon French (frequency #60,111 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,111
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui établit des communications d’une ville à une autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-interurbain · interurbain · French
interurbain · rank #60,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,111
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH interressant
Nearest frequency peer: interressant (-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 « interurbain »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- inutilisés
inutilisés
39,888 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « interurbain » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interurbain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyʁ.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « interurbain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
interurbain is uncommon French at frequency #60,111 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyʁ.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui établit des communications d’une ville à une autre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for interurbain, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is interurbain, spelled I-N-T-E-R-U-R-B-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui établit des communications d’une ville à une autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how interurbain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Service interurbain, Service téléphonique assurant les communications d’une ville à une autre.
Les communications téléphoniques interurbaines, autorisées au début, provoquèrent de tels encombrements aux cabines publiques et sur les lignes, qu’elles furent totalement suspendues pendant quelques jours, puis sévèrement limitées à ce qu'on appelait les cas urgents, comme la mort, la naissance et le mariage.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).