illus
\i.ly\
The verdict
“illus” is uncommon French (frequency #77,602 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,602
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de illu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-illus · illus · French
illus · rank #77,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,602
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 142,603
- PHOTO-FINISH imaginerait
Nearest frequency peer: imaginerait (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “illus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hyperespace
hyperespace
22,406 corpus weight
- illus
illus
22,399 corpus weight
- imaginerait
imaginerait
22,397 corpus weight
- incurvés
incurvés
22,395 corpus weight
- indiciaire
indiciaire
22,394 corpus weight
- indochinoise
indochinoise
22,393 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “illus” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | illus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ly\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “illus” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
illus is uncommon French at frequency #77,602 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ly\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de illu.".
No misspelling variants are generated for illus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is illus, spelled I-L-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de illu.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.