interstício

/ĩ.tɨɾ.ˈʃti.sju/

//ĩ.tɨɾ.ˈʃti.sju// noun

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The verdict

“interstício” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,941 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,941
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intervalo entre as partes de um todo

Corpus desk

Index PT-intersticio · interstício · Portuguese

interstício · rank #92,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,941
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH impossibilitar

Nearest frequency peer: impossibilitar (-16 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 “interstício”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interstício
PropertyValue
Headwordinterstício
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩ.tɨɾ.ˈʃti.sju/
Letters11
Frequency rank#92,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “interstício” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.interstíciocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “impossibilitar” (#92,925), “joguete” (#92,959), “Ignazio” (#92,914). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “interstício” fica em #92,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interstício is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,941 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ĩ.tɨɾ.ˈʃti.sju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for interstício, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is interstício, spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-T-Í-C-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    intervalo entre as partes de um todo
  2. 2
    tempo mínimo que um funcionário precisa permanecer em uma posição hierárquica para ser considerado para promoção para cargo superior
  3. 3
    pequena área, orifício ou espaço existente na estrutura de um órgão ou tecido orgânico
  4. 4
    intervalo de no mínimo 11 horas de descanso entre um turno de trabalho e outro
  5. 5
    ramo que surge em função de uma inovação no mercado, sendo uma das formas de crescimento para as firmas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Como interstício entre anos eleitorais, 2009 é chave para abrir a porta de reformas.
  2. Em primeiro lugar, diminui-se de quatro para três anos o tempo mínimo (o interstício) que cada diplomata precisa permanecer em uma posição hierárquica para ser promovido para o cargo imediatamente superior.

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 "interstício"?
"interstício" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-T-Í-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.tɨɾ.ˈʃti.sju/.
What does "interstício" mean?
As a noun, "interstício" means: intervalo entre as partes de um todo
How do you pronounce "interstício"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interstício" is /ĩ.tɨɾ.ˈʃti.sju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list