ilia

adj

The verdict

“ilia” is uncommon French (frequency #70,728 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,728
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ilia · ilia · French

ilia · rank #70,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,728
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH illuminant

Nearest frequency peer: illuminant (+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 « ilia »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ilia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ilia
PropertyValue
Headwordilia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ilia » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).iliatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « illuminant » (#70,729), « idiomes » (#70,726), « imbécilité » (#70,731). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ilia » est au #70,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ilia is uncommon French at frequency #70,728 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leur.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ilia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ilia, spelled I-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Leur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ilia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ili kondukis siajn amikojn en sian loĝejon, anstataŭ iri en la ilian.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ilia"?
"ilia" is spelled I-L-I-A.
What does "ilia" mean?
As an adjective, "ilia" means: Leur.
What language does "ilia" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ilia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list