ilelle
\il.ɛl\
The verdict
“ilelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier permettant de désigner les personnes sans distinction de genre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ilelle · ilelle · French
ilelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ilelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \il.ɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ilelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \il.ɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier permettant de désigner les personnes sans distinction de genre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ilelle, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ilelle, spelled I-L-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier permettant de désigner les personnes sans distinction de genre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ilelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une généraliste bien disposée peut quelquefois prescrire et assurer un suivi des équilibres généraux. La plupart se défileront en vous disant qu’ilelles n’y connaissent rien et c’est vrai —mais c’est aussi de ne pas chercher à connaître !
Arrem avait seulement visité les deux continents déserts, et ilelle se réjouissait de pouvoir nous parler, nous qui avions « vécu avec les vivants », comme ilelle disait.
This word in other languages
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