ilot
\i.lo\
The verdict
“ilot” is uncommon French (frequency #50,279 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,279
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de îlot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ilot · ilot · French
ilot · rank #50,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,279
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH ICC
Nearest frequency peer: ICC (-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 « ilot »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hâtif
hâtif
49,725 corpus weight
- hérissons
hérissons
49,724 corpus weight
- ICC
ICC
49,723 corpus weight
- ilot
ilot
49,722 corpus weight
- impactant
impactant
49,720 corpus weight
- impayé
impayé
49,719 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ilot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ilot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.lo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ilot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ilot is uncommon French at frequency #50,279 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de îlot.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ilot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ilot, spelled I-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de îlot.
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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