Ilana
\i.la.na\
The verdict
“Ilana” is uncommon French (frequency #74,881 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,881
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ilana · Ilana · French
Ilana · rank #74,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,881
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH idéalise
Nearest frequency peer: idéalise (-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 « Ilana »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hésitons
hésitons
25,123 corpus weight
- hétérodoxe
hétérodoxe
25,122 corpus weight
- idéalise
idéalise
25,121 corpus weight
- Ilana
Ilana
25,120 corpus weight
- ilo
ilo
25,119 corpus weight
- imbecile
imbecile
25,118 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ilana » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ilana |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.la.na\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ilana » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ilana is uncommon French at frequency #74,881 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \i.la.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ilana, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Ilana, spelled I-L-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
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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