isard
\i.zaʁ\
The verdict
“isard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Antilope des Pyrénées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-isard · isard · French
isard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | isard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.zaʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « isard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
isard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.zaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Antilope des Pyrénées.".
Zero misspellings are on record for isard in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is isard, spelled I-S-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Antilope des Pyrénées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how isard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est alors qu’on voit accourir de légers troupeaux d’isards qui, renversant sur leur dos leurs cornes recourbées, s’élancent de rocher en rocher, comme si le vent les faisait bondir devant lui, et prennent possession de leur désert aérien.
Je suis enfant de la montagne, Comme l’isard, comme l’aiglon ; Je ne descends dans la campagne Que pour ma poudre et pour mon plomb.
This word in other languages
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