interurbain

\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyʁ.bɛ̃\

/\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyʁ.bɛ̃\/ adj

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « interurbain » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interurbain
PropertyValue
Headwordinterurbain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyʁ.bɛ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,111
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « interurbain » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.interurbaintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « interressant » (#60,110), « inu » (#60,112), « intercalaires » (#60,109). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interurbain » est au #60,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Qui établit des communications d’une ville à une autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Service interurbain, Service téléphonique assurant les communications d’une ville à une autre.
  2. 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

longue distance

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interurbain"?
"interurbain" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-U-R-B-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyʁ.bɛ̃\.
What does "interurbain" mean?
As an adjective, "interurbain" means: Qui établit des communications d’une ville à une autre.
How do you pronounce "interurbain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interurbain" is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyʁ.bɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list