Isaac

/\i.zak\/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,342

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Isaac is aFrenchname. It means: Patriarche hébreu, fils d’Abraham, époux de Rebecca et père de Jacob et d’Ésaü. Pronounced \i.zak\. Often confused with Issa and isla.

Key facts for Isaac
PropertyValue
HeadwordIsaac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\i.zak\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,342
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Isaac in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Isaac is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.zak\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,342 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Patriarche hébreu, fils d’Abraham, époux de Rebecca et père de Jacob et d’Ésaü.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Isaac, with forms such as "iasac", "isaacc", and "isac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Issa", "isla", "islam", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Isaac, spelled I-S-A-A-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Patriarche hébreu, fils d’Abraham, époux de Rebecca et père de Jacob et d’Ésaü.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iasac,isaacc,isac,isaca,issaac,siaac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Isaac

Misspelling Variants of "Isaac"

iasac5isaacc6isac4isaca5issaac6siaac5
Misspelling Variants of "Isaac"

Frequency rank: #10,342 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Isaac"?
"Isaac" is spelled I-S-A-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \i.zak\.
What does "Isaac" mean?
As a name, "Isaac" means: Patriarche hébreu, fils d’Abraham, époux de Rebecca et père de Jacob et d’Ésaü.
What words are commonly confused with "Isaac"?
"Isaac" is commonly confused with "Issa", "isla", "islam". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Isaac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Isaac" is \i.zak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Isaac" come from?
"Isaac" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.