ieu

pron

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The verdict

“ieu” is uncommon French (frequency #80,293 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,293
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ieu · ieu · French

ieu · rank #80,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,293
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH IED

Nearest frequency peer: IED (-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 « ieu »

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 « ieu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ieu
PropertyValue
Headwordieu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#80,293
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ieu » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « IED » (#80,292), « imminents » (#80,294), « impayable » (#80,295). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ieu » est au #80,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ieu is uncommon French at frequency #80,293 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Je.".

ieu has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ieu, spelled I-E-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Je.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ailas ! — Que plangz ? — Ia tem murir. — Que as ? — Am. — E trop ?— Ieu, hoc, tan Que·n muer. — Mors ? — Oc. — Non potz guerir ? — Ieu no. — E cum ? —Tan sui iratz.

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 "ieu"?
"ieu" is spelled I-E-U.
What does "ieu" mean?
As a pronoun, "ieu" means: Je.
What language does "ieu" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

IED#80,292ibi#80,288HSV#80,285goh#80,249

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list