individual
\ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊ(ə)l\
The verdict
“individual” is uncommon French (frequency #56,671 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,671
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Individu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-individual · individual · French
individual · rank #56,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,671
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inconstant
Nearest frequency peer: inconstant (-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 « individual »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- incitait
incitait
43,333 corpus weight
- incitera
incitera
43,332 corpus weight
- inconstant
inconstant
43,331 corpus weight
- individual
individual
43,330 corpus weight
- inexpliqués
inexpliqués
43,329 corpus weight
- infaillibles
infaillibles
43,328 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « individual » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | individual |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊ(ə)l\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « individual » en français
Rare enough to double-check
individual is uncommon French at frequency #56,671 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊ(ə)l\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for individual in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is individual, spelled I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1Individu.
- 2Particulier (par opposition à une personne publique ou d’un rang très élevé).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how individual appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wanted someone who cared about me in particular, as an individual, enough to notice that I could not get a zero on a vocabulary test because I had too big a vocabulary.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).