illoyal
\i.lwa.jal\
The verdict
“illoyal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui n’est pas loyal ; qui est déloyal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-illoyal · illoyal · French
illoyal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | illoyal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.lwa.jal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
illoyal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.lwa.jal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas loyal ; qui est déloyal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for illoyal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 illoyal, spelled I-L-L-O-Y-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas loyal ; qui est déloyal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how illoyal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors c'était illoyal pour chacune de nous.
Non seulement elle est légèrement bossue, fortement bancroche, et affreusement louche ; mais elle possède; m'assure-t-on, en plus du capital que lui garantit son innocence, un revenu d'environ 125 fr. par mois et je m'en voudrais, en faisant une concurrence illoyale à l'agence de M. de Foy, de provoquer le malheur d'un mien confrère en célibat par l'appât…
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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.