île de la Passion

\il də la pa.sjɔ̃\

/\il də la pa.sjɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“île de la Passion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Autre nom (qui avait été attribué par les Français) donné à l’île Clipperton.

Key facts for île de la Passion
PropertyValue
Headwordîle de la Passion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\il də la pa.sjɔ̃\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “île de la Passion” sits in French frequency

île de la Passion falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

île de la Passion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \il də la pa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre nom (qui avait été attribué par les Français) donné à l’île Clipperton.".

île de la Passion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is île de la Passion, spelled Î-L-E- -D-E- -L-A- -P-A-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autre nom (qui avait été attribué par les Français) donné à l’île Clipperton.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "île de la Passion"?
"île de la Passion" is spelled Î-L-E- -D-E- -L-A- -P-A-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \il də la pa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "île de la Passion" mean?
As a proper noun, "île de la Passion" means: Autre nom (qui avait été attribué par les Français) donné à l’île Clipperton.
How do you pronounce "île de la Passion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "île de la Passion" is \il də la pa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "île de la Passion" come from?
"île de la Passion" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “île de la Passion”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is Î-L-E- -D-E- -L-A- -P-A-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \il də la pa.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list