illustrated
\ˈɪl.ə.stɹeɪ.tɪd\
The verdict
“illustrated” is uncommon French (frequency #60,090 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,090
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit du verbe to illustrate.
Corpus desk
Index FR-illustrated · illustrated · French
illustrated · rank #60,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,090
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH iliaque
Nearest frequency peer: iliaque (-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 « illustrated »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- IDH
IDH
39,915 corpus weight
- iliaque
iliaque
39,912 corpus weight
- illustrated
illustrated
39,911 corpus weight
- imaging
imaging
39,910 corpus weight
- implorant
implorant
39,909 corpus weight
- impurs
impurs
39,908 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « illustrated » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | illustrated |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈɪl.ə.stɹeɪ.tɪd\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « illustrated » en français
Rare enough to double-check
illustrated is uncommon French at frequency #60,090 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈɪl.ə.stɹeɪ.tɪd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for illustrated, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is illustrated, spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Prétérit du verbe to illustrate.
- 2Participe passé du verbe to illustrate.
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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