ibidem
\i.bi.dɛm\
The verdict
“ibidem” is uncommon French (frequency #83,946 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,946
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au même endroit ; dans le même passage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ibidem · ibidem · French
ibidem · rank #83,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,946
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH idols
Nearest frequency peer: idols (+2 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 « ibidem »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hyperloop
hyperloop
16,060 corpus weight
- hypers
hypers
16,059 corpus weight
- hypocrisies
hypocrisies
16,058 corpus weight
- ibidem
ibidem
16,055 corpus weight
- idols
idols
16,053 corpus weight
- ignames
ignames
16,051 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ibidem » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ibidem |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \i.bi.dɛm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ibidem » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ibidem is uncommon French at frequency #83,946 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \i.bi.dɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au même endroit ; dans le même passage.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ibidem, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ibidem, spelled I-B-I-D-E-M.
Definition
- 1Au même endroit ; dans le même passage.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "ibidem"?
What does "ibidem" mean?
How do you pronounce "ibidem"?
What language does "ibidem" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ibidem", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).