Iroise
\i.ʁwaz\
The verdict
“Iroise” is uncommon French (frequency #64,541 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,541
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mer d’Iroise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-iroise · Iroise · French
Iroise · rank #64,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,541
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH interviendrait
Nearest frequency peer: interviendrait (-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 « Iroise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- installons
installons
35,463 corpus weight
- intern
intern
35,462 corpus weight
- interviendr…
interviendrait
35,461 corpus weight
- Iroise
Iroise
35,460 corpus weight
- irrespectue…
irrespectueuse
35,459 corpus weight
- irrigue
irrigue
35,458 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Iroise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iroise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.ʁwaz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Iroise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Iroise is uncommon French at frequency #64,541 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \i.ʁwaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Iroise in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Iroise, spelled I-R-O-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Mer d’Iroise.
- 2Zone météorologique marine de l’ouest Atlantique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Iroise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pourquoi ce matin-là pensai-je à un certain bivouac sous le menhir de la pointe de Lostmarc’h, aux escalades avec une fille violette sur les parois de Pen-Hir devant la mer d’Iroise et aux nages nocturnes au large de Saint-Anne-la-Palud ?
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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