ignames
\i.ɲam\
The verdict
“ignames” is uncommon French (frequency #83,950 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,950
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de igname.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ignames · ignames · French
ignames · rank #83,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,950
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH ignoriez
Nearest frequency peer: ignoriez (+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 « ignames »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ibidem
ibidem
16,055 corpus weight
- idols
idols
16,053 corpus weight
- ignames
ignames
16,051 corpus weight
- ignoriez
ignoriez
16,050 corpus weight
- imaginatifs
imaginatifs
16,049 corpus weight
- imaginiez
imaginiez
16,048 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ignames » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ignames |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ɲam\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ignames » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ignames is uncommon French at frequency #83,950 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ɲam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de igname.".
ignames doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ignames, spelled I-G-N-A-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de igname.
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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