isabelle

/\i.za.bɛl\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,949

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

isabelle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Couleur jaune clair tirant sur le beige. #785E2F Pronounced \i.za.bɛl\. It ranks #4,949 in French word frequency. Often confused with Isabel and Isabella.

Key facts for isabelle
PropertyValue
Headwordisabelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.za.bɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,949
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for isabelle is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.za.bɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,949 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for isabelle, with forms such as "iasbelle", "isabbelle", and "isabele". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Isabel", "Isabella", 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 isabelle, spelled I-S-A-B-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couleur jaune clair tirant sur le beige. #785E2F
  2. 2
    Couleur de la robe des chevaux jaune clair, beige avec les extrémités et les crins noirs.
  3. 3
    Cheval de robe isabelle.
  4. 4
    Chat à la robe tricolore mêlant blanc, noir et roux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iasbelle,isabbelle,isabele,isabelel,isablele,isaeblle,isbaelle,issabelle,siabelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for isabelle

Misspelling Variants of "isabelle"

iasbelle8isabbelle9isabele7isabelel8isablele8isaeblle8isbaelle8issabelle9
Misspelling Variants of "isabelle"

Frequency rank: #4,949 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "isabelle"?
"isabelle" is spelled I-S-A-B-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.za.bɛl\.
What does "isabelle" mean?
As a noun, "isabelle" means: Couleur jaune clair tirant sur le beige. #785E2F
What words are commonly confused with "isabelle"?
"isabelle" is commonly confused with "Isabel", "Isabella". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "isabelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "isabelle" is \i.za.bɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "isabelle" come from?
"isabelle" 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.