Iblis
\i.blis\
The verdict
“Iblis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom d’un djinn particulier, un être créé de feu, qui refusa de se prosterner devant Adam.
Corpus desk
Index FR-iblis · Iblis · French
Iblis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iblis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.blis\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Iblis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Iblis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \i.blis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom d’un djinn particulier, un être créé de feu, qui refusa de se prosterner devant Adam.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Iblis, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Iblis, spelled I-B-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Nom d’un djinn particulier, un être créé de feu, qui refusa de se prosterner devant Adam.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Iblis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout à coup, se tournant vers l’Être, Iblis hurla : « Donne-moi la couleur de l’or. » Dieu dit : « Prends-la. »
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.