iroquois

\i.ʁɔ.kwa\

/\i.ʁɔ.kwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“iroquois” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,561
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Par allusion péjorative aux Iroquois) Personne dont les actions et la conduite sont bizarres, contraires au bon sens ou aux usages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-iroquois · iroquois · French

iroquois · rank #35,561 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,561
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intimiste

Nearest frequency peer: intimiste (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « iroquois »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « iroquois » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for iroquois
PropertyValue
Headwordiroquois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ʁɔ.kwa\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,561
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « iroquois »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).iroquoisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intimiste » (#35,560), « irréversibles » (#35,562), « Jakarta » (#35,563). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « iroquois » est au #35,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around iroquois (IPA \i.ʁɔ.kwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,561 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Par allusion péjorative aux Iroquois) Personne dont les actions et la conduite sont bizarres, contraires au bon sens ou aux usages.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for iroquois, with forms such as "iorquois", "iroqouis", and "iroqquois". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 iroquois, spelled I-R-O-Q-U-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Par allusion péjorative aux Iroquois) Personne dont les actions et la conduite sont bizarres, contraires au bon sens ou aux usages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how iroquois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quel iroquois !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iorquois
  • iroqouis
  • iroqquois
  • iroquios
  • iroquoiss
  • iroquosi
  • irouqois
  • irqouois
  • irroquois
  • rioquois

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iroquois - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iorquois2iroqouis2iroqquois1iroquios2iroquoiss1iroquosi2irouqois2irqouois2
Edit distance from "iroquois"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "iroquois"?
"iroquois" is spelled I-R-O-Q-U-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁɔ.kwa\.
What does "iroquois" mean?
As a noun, "iroquois" means: (Par allusion péjorative aux Iroquois) Personne dont les actions et la conduite sont bizarres, contraires au bon sens ou aux usages.
What are common misspellings of "iroquois"?
Common misspellings include "iorquois", "iroqouis", "iroqquois", "iroquios", "iroquoiss". The correct spelling is "iroquois".
How do you pronounce "iroquois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "iroquois" is \i.ʁɔ.kwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "iroquois" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "iroquois", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

insensée#35,554lectrice#35,574immondes#35,545hésitera#35,542

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Jakarta10 variantsinfinis10 variantslimaces10 variantslivrait10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list