Isao
\i.za.o\
The verdict
“Isao” is uncommon French (frequency #72,445 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,445
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin d’origine japonais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-isao · Isao · French
Isao · rank #72,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,445
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH iri
Nearest frequency peer: iri (-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 « Isao »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- invoquez
invoquez
27,559 corpus weight
- iodé
iodé
27,558 corpus weight
- iri
iri
27,557 corpus weight
- Isao
Isao
27,556 corpus weight
- isomères
isomères
27,555 corpus weight
- jaco
jaco
27,553 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Isao » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Isao |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.za.o\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Isao » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Isao is uncommon French at frequency #72,445 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \i.za.o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin d’origine japonais.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Isao, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Isao, spelled I-S-A-O.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin d’origine japonais.
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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