influenza
\ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃.za\
The verdict
“influenza” is uncommon French (frequency #54,650 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,650
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grippe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-influenza · influenza · French
influenza · rank #54,650 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,650
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inextricable
Nearest frequency peer: inextricable (-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 « influenza »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ineffable
ineffable
45,353 corpus weight
- inextricable
inextricable
45,352 corpus weight
- influenza
influenza
45,351 corpus weight
- informative
informative
45,350 corpus weight
- inhumés
inhumés
45,349 corpus weight
- innovent
innovent
45,348 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « influenza » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | influenza |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃.za\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « influenza » en français
Rare enough to double-check
influenza is uncommon French at frequency #54,650 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃.za\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grippe.".
influenza has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is influenza, spelled I-N-F-L-U-E-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Grippe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how influenza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous fûmes pris d’influenza, la Marinette et moi, au cours de l’hiver tardif et rude de 1895, et Madeleine, la femme de Charles, fut obligée de venir de Puy-Brot pour nous soigner.
[…] ; on avait bien enregistré trois décès, occasionnés par l’influenza, mais les naissances compensaient les décès.
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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