Elissa
The verdict
“Elissa” is uncommon French (frequency #85,686 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,686
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elissa · Elissa · French
Elissa · rank #85,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,686
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH elin
Nearest frequency peer: elin (-1 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Elissa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Eck
Eck
14,318 corpus weight
- elin
elin
14,316 corpus weight
- Elissa
Elissa
14,315 corpus weight
- embauchez
embauchez
14,313 corpus weight
- embrasée
embrasée
14,312 corpus weight
- embêtée
embêtée
14,311 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Elissa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Elissa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Elissa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Elissa is uncommon French at frequency #85,686 among 3,255 “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
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Elissa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La librairie La Cabane des renards (51, rue Thiers), fondée par Elissa Lelah, reprend la gestion de six prix littéraires jeunesse avec ici des mangas présélectionnés qui ne feront pas forcément partie de la sélection finale.
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.
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