idole
\i.dɔl\
The verdict
“idole” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #11,070 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,070
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Figure, statue représentant une divinité qui fait l'objet d'une adoration religieuse, précisément, une idolâtrie.
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 | idole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.dɔl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “idole” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for idole is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.dɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,070 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for idole, with forms such as "diole", "iddole", and "idloe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ile", "isle", "isolé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is idole, spelled I-D-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Figure, statue représentant une divinité qui fait l'objet d'une adoration religieuse, précisément, une idolâtrie.
- 2Divinité que sa statue représente.
- 3Personne adulée, riche, puissante, etc, à qui on prodigue les honneurs, les louanges.
- 4Ce qui fait le sujet de l’affection, de la passion de quelqu’un.
- 5Se dit d’une personne qui se tient à ne rien faire, passive comme une statue.
- 6Ampullaire, coquille univalve, aussi connue sous le nom de dieu manitou ou manitou, mollusque gastéropode d’eau douce (Pomacea urceus, anciennement Ampullarius urceus).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: diole,iddole,idloe,idoel,idolle,iodle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of idole - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “idole”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-D-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.dɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ile” - see the side-by-side comparison. idole vs ile
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.