idiome
\i.djom\
The verdict
“idiome” is uncommon French (frequency #55,351 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,351
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue propre à une nation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-idiome · idiome · French
idiome · rank #55,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,351
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH hétérosexuali…
Nearest frequency peer: hétérosexualité (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « idiome »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hygiéniste
hygiéniste
44,653 corpus weight
- hésiteront
hésiteront
44,652 corpus weight
- hétérosexua…
hétérosexualité
44,651 corpus weight
- idiome
idiome
44,650 corpus weight
- iguane
iguane
44,649 corpus weight
- imbriquées
imbriquées
44,648 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « idiome » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | idiome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.djom\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « idiome » en français
Rare enough to double-check
idiome is uncommon French at frequency #55,351 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.djom\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for idiome in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is idiome, spelled I-D-I-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Langue propre à une nation.
- 2Langage particulier d’une province ou d’un groupe humain.
- 3Mode de communication qui n'a pas la nature du langage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how idiome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’idiome qu’elle emploie est celui de l’église, de la science, des affaires ; et l’on peut dire que la littérature latine, au moyen âge, est une littérature morte dans une langue vivante.
Personne de nous ne comprend un mot d’esquimau. Inutile d'ajouter que pour leur part nos deux naturels n'ont aucune idée d’un idiome européen.
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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