ínterim

noun

The verdict

“ínterim” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,707 among 15 “Í” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,707
frequency rank, Portuguese
15
“Í” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade daquilo que é interino; tempo intermédio

Corpus desk

Index PT-interim · ínterim · Portuguese

ínterim · rank #60,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,707
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 15
  • PHOTO-FINISH whom

Nearest frequency peer: whom (-3 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “ínterim”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ínterim” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ínterim
PropertyValue
Headwordínterim
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,707
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ínterim” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ínterimcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “whom” (#60,704), “velocímetro” (#60,693), “afrouxar” (#60,721). Entre 15 lemas com “Í”, “ínterim” fica em #60,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ínterim is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,707 among 15 “Í” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "qualidade daquilo que é interino; tempo intermédio".

ínterim doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ínterim, spelled Í-N-T-E-R-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade daquilo que é interino; tempo intermédio

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nesse ínterim, o governo diminuiu os benefícios relativos à assistência médica e a pensões.

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ínterim"?
"ínterim" is spelled Í-N-T-E-R-I-M.
What does "ínterim" mean?
As a noun, "ínterim" means: qualidade daquilo que é interino; tempo intermédio
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list