iguane
\i.ɡwan\
The verdict
“iguane” is uncommon French (frequency #55,352 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,352
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reptile saurien, herbivore, qui ressemble à un grand lézard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-iguane · iguane · French
iguane · rank #55,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,352
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH idiome
Nearest frequency peer: idiome (-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 « iguane »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- immobilisée
immobilisée
44,647 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « iguane » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iguane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ɡwan\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « iguane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
iguane is uncommon French at frequency #55,352 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ɡwan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for iguane in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is iguane, spelled I-G-U-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Reptile saurien, herbivore, qui ressemble à un grand lézard.
- 2Viande de cet animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how iguane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait peut-être vu un gros lézard, ou alors un iguane ; il arrivait qu’il y ait des iguanes dans le coin.
L’iguane est un plat médiocre, disent les uns, cela sent le reptile. Mais si l'on peut vaincre sa répugnance, cela constitue un plat de résistance et qui vaut bien le singe rouge. Quant à moi, j'en suis très friand ; […].
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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