Isidore
"isidore" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Isidore” is uncommon English (frequency #57,467 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,467
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-isidore · Isidore · English
Isidore · rank #57,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,467
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Izzo
Nearest frequency peer: Izzo (+3 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “Isidore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- inglorious
inglorious
42,542 corpus weight
- Isidore
Isidore
42,534 corpus weight
- Izzo
Izzo
42,531 corpus weight
- jabbing
jabbing
42,529 corpus weight
- Jadeja
Jadeja
42,528 corpus weight
- Janey
Janey
42,527 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Isidore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Isidore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Isidore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Isidore is uncommon English at frequency #57,467 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Isidore, 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: French form of the name of early Spanish saints, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros), meaning "gift of (the goddess) Isis". The correct English form is Isidore, spelled I-S-I-D-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2A surname from Spanish.
Etymology
French form of the name of early Spanish saints, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros), meaning "gift of (the goddess) Isis".
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).