ICBM
\i.se.be.ɛm\
The verdict
“ICBM” is uncommon French (frequency #89,805 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,805
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Missile balistique intercontinental.
Corpus desk
Index FR-icbm · ICBM · French
ICBM · rank #89,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,805
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH idéogramme
Nearest frequency peer: idéogramme (+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.
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10,200 corpus weight
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10,196 corpus weight
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10,195 corpus weight
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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ICBM » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ICBM |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.se.be.ɛm\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ICBM » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ICBM is uncommon French at frequency #89,805 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.se.be.ɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Missile balistique intercontinental.".
ICBM has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ICBM, spelled I-C-B-M.
Definition
- 1Missile balistique intercontinental.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ICBM appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le président sud-coréen Moon Jae-in a confirmé, dans un communiqué, que le projectile lancé jeudi après-midi par Pyongyang en direction de la mer du Japon était un ICBM.
Pyongyang a conduit une série record d’essais d’armements cette année, notamment de son ICBM le plus avancé.
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.
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