Ipanema
\i.pa.ne.ma\
The verdict
“Ipanema” is uncommon French (frequency #83,979 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,979
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quartier et plage de Rio de Janeiro au Brésil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ipanema · Ipanema · French
Ipanema · rank #83,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,979
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 142,603
- PHOTO-FINISH invendable
Nearest frequency peer: invendable (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ipanema”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- intolérances
intolérances
16,026 corpus weight
- intrépidité
intrépidité
16,025 corpus weight
- invariables
invariables
16,024 corpus weight
- invendable
invendable
16,023 corpus weight
- Ipanema
Ipanema
16,022 corpus weight
- Irano
Irano
16,021 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ipanema” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ipanema |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.pa.ne.ma\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ipanema” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ipanema is uncommon French at frequency #83,979 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \i.pa.ne.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quartier et plage de Rio de Janeiro au Brésil.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ipanema in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Ipanema, spelled I-P-A-N-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1Quartier et plage de Rio de Janeiro au Brésil.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ipanema", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.