individuals
\in.ði.βi.ˈðɥals\
The verdict
“individuals” is uncommon French (frequency #93,898 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,898
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel d’individual.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | individuals |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \in.ði.βi.ˈðɥals\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #93,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “individuals” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
individuals is uncommon French at frequency #93,898 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \in.ði.βi.ˈðɥals\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel d’individual.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for individuals, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is individuals, spelled I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel d’individual.
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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Using “individuals”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \in.ði.βi.ˈðɥals\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.