improve
\ɪm.ˈpruːv\
The verdict
“improve” is uncommon French (frequency #97,025 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,025
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Améliorer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-improve · improve · French
improve · rank #97,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,025
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incestueuses
Nearest frequency peer: incestueuses (+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 « improve »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- IMed
IMed
2,978 corpus weight
- improve
improve
2,976 corpus weight
- incestueuses
incestueuses
2,975 corpus weight
- inclassables
inclassables
2,974 corpus weight
- incoming
incoming
2,973 corpus weight
- incorporez
incorporez
2,972 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « improve » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | improve |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɪm.ˈpruːv\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « improve » en français
Rare enough to double-check
improve is uncommon French at frequency #97,025 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɪm.ˈpruːv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for improve, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is improve, spelled I-M-P-R-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1Améliorer.
- 2S’améliorer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how improve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Painting the woodwork will improve this house.
Buying more servers would improve performance.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).