interval
\ˈɪn.tə.vəl\
The verdict
“interval” is uncommon French (frequency #88,767 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,767
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intervalle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-interval · interval · French
interval · rank #88,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,767
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH intermodalité
Nearest frequency peer: intermodalité (-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 « interval »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- insoupçonné
insoupçonné
11,237 corpus weight
- intemporell…
intemporelles
11,236 corpus weight
- intermodali…
intermodalité
11,235 corpus weight
- interval
interval
11,234 corpus weight
- intrados
intrados
11,232 corpus weight
- inusable
inusable
11,231 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « interval » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interval |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɪn.tə.vəl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « interval » en français
Rare enough to double-check
interval is uncommon French at frequency #88,767 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɪn.tə.vəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for interval, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is interval, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Intervalle.
- 2Délai (de temps).
- 3Pause, repos, trêve.
- 4Entracte.
Synonyms
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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