par intérim

\pa.ʁ‿ɛ̃.te.ʁim\

/\pa.ʁ‿ɛ̃.te.ʁim\/ adv

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The verdict

“par intérim” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De façon provisoire, en remplacement de quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-par-interim · par intérim · French

par intérim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for par intérim
PropertyValue
Headwordpar intérim
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pa.ʁ‿ɛ̃.te.ʁim\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “par intérim” sits in French frequency

par intérim falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

par intérim is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pa.ʁ‿ɛ̃.te.ʁim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De façon provisoire, en remplacement de quelqu’un.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for par intérim in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is par intérim, spelled P-A-R- -I-N-T-É-R-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    De façon provisoire, en remplacement de quelqu’un.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "par intérim"?
"par intérim" is spelled P-A-R- -I-N-T-É-R-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁ‿ɛ̃.te.ʁim\.
What does "par intérim" mean?
As an adverb, "par intérim" means: De façon provisoire, en remplacement de quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "par intérim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "par intérim" is \pa.ʁ‿ɛ̃.te.ʁim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "par intérim" come from?
"par intérim" 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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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list