illness
\ˈɪl.nəs\
The verdict
“illness” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-illness · illness · French
illness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | illness |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɪl.nəs\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
illness is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɪl.nəs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
illness has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is illness, spelled I-L-L-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Maladie.
- 2Perception personnelle d'un mauvais état de santé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how illness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most people who have a disease will feel they have an illness, while others will feel perfectly healthy - La plupart des gens malades se sentent en mauvaise santé, alors que d'autres se sentent parfaitement bien.
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.