intervalle

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\/ noun

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The verdict

“intervalle” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,503
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Distance d’un lieu à un autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intervalle · intervalle · French

intervalle · rank #9,503 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,503
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH interlocuteur

Nearest frequency peer: interlocuteur (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « intervalle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

intervalle vs intervalles
91% similar
intervalle vs interpelle
80% similar

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

Key facts for intervalle
PropertyValue
Headwordintervalle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,503
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intervalle »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « interlocuteur » (#9,502), « iris » (#9,504), « inondations » (#9,501). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intervalle » est au #9,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around intervalle (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,503 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for intervalle, with forms such as "inetrvalle", "inntervalle", and "interavlle". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "intervalles", "interpelle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is intervalle, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-A-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Distance d’un lieu à un autre.
  2. 2
    Période de temps qui sépare un fait d’un autre.
  3. 3
    Distance qu’il y a d’une note à une autre, en allant de l’aigu au grave ou du grave à l’aigu.
  4. 4
    Domaine, plage, fourchette de valeurs d’une même grandeur, situées entre un minimum et un maximum, la différence entre ces deux valeurs étant appelée l’étendue.
  5. 5
    Distance séparant deux éléments graphiques voisins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’évaluation de la netteté se fait ordinairement par le plus petit intervalle e mesuré entre deux points ou deux traits distincts de l’épreuve ; […].
  2. C'est comme pour appeauter un tétras, rien de plus simple. Tu tends une feuille de chiendent entre tes deux pouces et tu souffles dans l’intervalle. Tu vois arriver le coq, la crête droite, écarlate et le collet ébouriffé.

This word in other languages

interval(English)intersticio(Español)Abstand(Deutsch)intervalo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrvalle
  • inntervalle
  • interavlle
  • interrvalle
  • intervale
  • intervalel
  • intervlale
  • intervvalle
  • intevralle
  • intrevalle
  • inttervalle
  • itnervalle
  • nitervalle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intervalle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inetrvalle2inntervalle1interavlle2interrvalle1intervale1intervalel2intervlale2intervvalle1
Edit distance from "intervalle"

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 "intervalle"?
"intervalle" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-A-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\.
What does "intervalle" mean?
As a noun, "intervalle" means: Distance d’un lieu à un autre.
What words are commonly confused with "intervalle"?
"intervalle" is commonly confused with "intervalles", "interpelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intervalle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intervalle" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intervalle" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inférieurs#9,499immigrants#9,494handicapés#9,491orientales#9,526

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

géométrie13 variantsmigration13 variantsdépassent13 variantsrestaurer13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list