ini
\ˈini\
The verdict
“ini” is uncommon French (frequency #71,610 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,610
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme du déterminant in (« il, elle, lui ») lorsqu’il est soumis à la référence euphonique à un mot se terminant par un i.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ini · ini · French
ini · rank #71,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,610
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH Inger
Nearest frequency peer: Inger (-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 « ini »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- influant
influant
28,394 corpus weight
- information…
informationnelle
28,393 corpus weight
- Inger
Inger
28,392 corpus weight
- ini
ini
28,391 corpus weight
- initia
initia
28,390 corpus weight
- injectable
injectable
28,389 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ini » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ini |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \ˈini\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ini » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ini is uncommon French at frequency #71,610 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed \ˈini\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme du déterminant in (« il, elle, lui ») lorsqu’il est soumis à la référence euphonique à un mot se terminant par un i.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ini in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ini, spelled I-N-I.
Definition
- 1Forme du déterminant in (« il, elle, lui ») lorsqu’il est soumis à la référence euphonique à un mot se terminant par un i.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ini appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anye ! Ini ve tir kusafi numen remlaní.
Kevkabuson va dripi gu pistaf sid, va ini arber nume va yoni ki dem gabesa stona malseotar.
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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