ibis
\i.bis\
The verdict
“ibis” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,067
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, au bec long, mince et recourbé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ibis · ibis · French
ibis · rank #31,067 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,067
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH hétérosexuels
Nearest frequency peer: hétérosexuels (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ibis »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- houblon
houblon
68,938 corpus weight
- hétérosexue…
hétérosexuels
68,935 corpus weight
- ibis
ibis
68,934 corpus weight
- identifiabl…
identifiables
68,933 corpus weight
- ignoraient
ignoraient
68,932 corpus weight
- immobilisat…
immobilisations
68,931 corpus weight
What this shows « ibis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ibis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.bis\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #31,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ibis »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ibis (IPA \i.bis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,067 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, au bec long, mince et recourbé.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ibis, with forms such as "biis", "ibbis", and "ibiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ii", "ils", "ici", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ibis, spelled I-B-I-S.
Definition
- 1Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, au bec long, mince et recourbé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ibis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hier, Néférou-Ra courait parmi les roses, La joue et le front purs polis comme un bel or, Et souriait, son cœur étant paisible encor, De voir dans le ciel bleu voler les ibis roses.
L’ibis et le babouin sont les animaux sacrés de Thot, dieu de la sagesse et de l’art de l'écriture.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- biis
- ibbis
- ibiss
- ibsi
- iibs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ibis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "ibis"?
What does "ibis" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "ibis"?
How do you pronounce "ibis"?
What language does "ibis" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ibis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).