ice cream
\ajs.kʁim\
The verdict
“ice cream” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crème glacée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ice-cream · ice cream · French
ice cream · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ice cream |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ajs.kʁim\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ice cream is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ajs.kʁim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crème glacée.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ice cream in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ice cream, spelled I-C-E- -C-R-E-A-M.
Definition
- 1Crème glacée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ice cream appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… nous avons été prendre une ice cream au cafeteria du Zoo.
Synonyms
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.