Elissa

name

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The verdict

“Elissa” is uncommon French (frequency #85,686 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,686
frequency rank, French
201,161
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Key facts for Elissa
PropertyValue
HeadwordElissa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#85,686
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Elissa” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Elissa lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Elissa is uncommon French at frequency #85,686 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Elissa in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Elissa, spelled E-L-I-S-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Elissa"?
"Elissa" is spelled E-L-I-S-S-A.
What does "Elissa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Elissa" means: Prénom féminin.
What language does "Elissa" come from?
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Using “Elissa”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-L-I-S-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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