Isaac

Name: Isaac, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\i.zak\

/\i.zak\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Isaac” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,342
frequency rank, French: 3,561
“I” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Patriarche hébreu, fils d’Abraham, époux de Rebecca et père de Jacob et d’Ésaü.

Corpus desk

Index FR-isaac · Isaac · French

Isaac · rank #10,342 · 6 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,342
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-MID 3,561
PHOTO-FINISH intra

Nearest frequency peer: intra (-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.

insuffisance

89,662
interviews

89,661
intra

89,660
Isaac

89,659
Isère

89,658
Java

89,657

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Isaac vs Issa

60% similar

Isaac vs isla

40% similar

Isaac vs islam

40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Isaac
Property	Value
Headword	Isaac
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\i.zak\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#10,342
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Isaac »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Isaacse place ici:

#10,342

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intra » (#10,341), « Isère » (#10,343), « interviews » (#10,340). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Isaac » est au #10,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Isaac (IPA \i.zak\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,342 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Patriarche hébreu, fils d’Abraham, époux de Rebecca et père de Jacob et d’Ésaü.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Isaac, with forms such as "iasac", "isaacc", and "isac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Issa", "isla", "islam", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Isaac, spelled I-S-A-A-C.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Dieu dit : Certainement Sara, ta femme, t’enfantera un fils ; et tu l’appelleras du nom d’Isaac. J’établirai mon alliance avec lui comme une alliance perpétuelle pour sa postérité après lui.
Ni Isaac mené au sacrifice, ni Iphigénie tombant sur l’autel ne prouvent autre chose que la déraison humaine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

iasac
isaacc
isac
isaca
issaac
siaac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Isaac - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Isaac"

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 "Isaac"?

"Isaac" is spelled I-S-A-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \i.zak\.

What does "Isaac" mean?

As a proper noun, "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intra#10,341 Isère#10,343 Karim#10,346 menés#10,358

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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