insula
\ɛ̃.sy.la\
The verdict
“insula” is uncommon French (frequency #78,522 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,522
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie du cerveau humain situe dans le sillon latéral.
Corpus desk
Index FR-insula · insula · French
insula · rank #78,522 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,522
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inscrivaient
Nearest frequency peer: inscrivaient (-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 « insula »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ingérées
ingérées
21,482 corpus weight
- inopérants
inopérants
21,481 corpus weight
- inscrivaient
inscrivaient
21,480 corpus weight
- insula
insula
21,479 corpus weight
- interdisez
interdisez
21,478 corpus weight
- interperson…
interpersonnelle
21,477 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « insula » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insula |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sy.la\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « insula » en français
Rare enough to double-check
insula is uncommon French at frequency #78,522 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.sy.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie du cerveau humain situe dans le sillon latéral.".
Zero misspellings are on record for insula in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is insula, spelled I-N-S-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Partie du cerveau humain situe dans le sillon latéral.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela signifie que nos « deux cerveaux » peuvent fonctionner indépendamment. Entre eux, il existe des voies de connexion, une zone appelée « insula », siège de l’empathie esthétique qui unit l’intellect à l’émotion.
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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