interview

\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\

/\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\/ noun

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The verdict

“interview” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,624. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,624
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enquête faite par un journaliste, par un publiciste auprès d’une personne en vue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interview · interview · French

interview · rank #2,624 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,624
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immeuble

Nearest frequency peer: immeuble (-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 « interview »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « interview » 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).

interview vs intervint
78% similar
interview vs interviews
90% similar
interview vs interviewer
82% similar

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

Key facts for interview
PropertyValue
Headwordinterview
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,624
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interview »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).interviewse 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 « immeuble » (#2,623), « inverse » (#2,625), « immense » (#2,622). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interview » est au #2,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around interview (IPA \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,624 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for interview, with forms such as "inetrview", "innterview", and "interivew". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "intervint", "interviews", "interviewer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 interview, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enquête faite par un journaliste, par un publiciste auprès d’une personne en vue.
  2. 2
    Conversation faite pour être publiée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le meilleur champagne était dans chaque mini-bar et la salle réservée aux interviews était prête à accueillir cameramen, perchmen et autres ingénieurs du son.
  2. Je classai tous les articles que j’avais gardés sur les sujets les plus divers : l’assassinat de Sharon Tate, un hôtel à la pointe du Raz, des interviews de Roy Orbison.

Synonyms

entrevue

This word in other languages

interview(English)entrevista(Español)Interview(Deutsch)entrevista(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrview
  • innterview
  • interivew
  • interrview
  • interveiw
  • intervieww
  • interviwe
  • intervview
  • intevriew
  • intreview
  • intterview
  • itnerview
  • niterview

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interview - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

inetrview2innterview1interivew2interrview1interveiw2intervieww1interviwe2intervview1
Edit distance from "interview"

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 "interview"?
"interview" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\.
What does "interview" mean?
As a noun, "interview" means: Enquête faite par un journaliste, par un publiciste auprès d’une personne en vue.
What words are commonly confused with "interview"?
"interview" is commonly confused with "intervint", "interviews", "interviewer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interview"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interview" is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interview" come from?
"interview" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guillaume#2,620principes#2,635collègues#2,611transfert#2,649

Similar misspelling depth

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

connaissent13 variantsfondation13 variantstentative13 variantsefficacité13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list