Idrissa

name

The verdict

“Idrissa” is uncommon French (frequency #54,640 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,640
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-idrissa · Idrissa · French

Idrissa · rank #54,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,640
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH identificatio…

Nearest frequency peer: identifications (-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 « Idrissa »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Idrissa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Idrissa
PropertyValue
HeadwordIdrissa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,640
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Idrissa » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Idrissatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « identifications » (#54,639), « ibériques » (#54,638), « Iker » (#54,642). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Idrissa » est au #54,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Idrissa is uncommon French at frequency #54,640 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Idrissa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Idrissa, spelled I-D-R-I-S-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Idrissa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Abdou Diallo est prêté au RB Leipzig avec une option d’achat, Layvin Kurzawa, lui, rejoint Fulham sous la forme d’un prêt, alors qu’Idrissa Gueye a signé un contrat de deux ans à Everton, contre une dizaine de millions d’euros.
  2. Idrissa Diabira, président de l’association Urban Jeunesse Academy, a échangé quelques mots avec le roi : « Il m’a demandé combien de temps j’ai joué au foot, et il m’a dit “oh non, pas le PSG” en voyant mon manteau. »

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Idrissa"?
"Idrissa" is spelled I-D-R-I-S-S-A.
What does "Idrissa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Idrissa" means: Prénom masculin.
What language does "Idrissa" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Idrissa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list