intersperse
/ˌɪntɚˈspɝs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life."
- "When writing, I intersperse details."
- "Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground."
- "Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure."
- "Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis."
- "Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway."
Etymology
From Latin interspergō, interspersus.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: interspergō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪntɚˈspɝs/
- British English: /ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/