ISBN

\i.ɛs.be.ɛn\

/\i.ɛs.be.ɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“ISBN” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,176
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Numéro international qui permet d’identifier, de manière unique, chaque livre publié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-isbn · ISBN · French

ISBN · rank #20,176 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,176
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inéluctable

Nearest frequency peer: inéluctable (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ISBN »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

ISBN vs iso
0% similar
ISBN vs ISF
50% similar
ISBN vs iss
0% similar

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

Key facts for ISBN
PropertyValue
HeadwordISBN
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ɛs.be.ɛn\
Letters4
Frequency rank#20,176
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ISBN »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ISBNse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inéluctable » (#20,175), « islamo » (#20,177), « intrinsèque » (#20,174). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ISBN » est au #20,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ISBN (IPA \i.ɛs.be.ɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,176 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Numéro international qui permet d’identifier, de manière unique, chaque livre publié.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ISBN, with forms such as "ibsn", "isbbn", and "isbnn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "iso", "ISF", "iss", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ISBN, spelled I-S-B-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Numéro international qui permet d’identifier, de manière unique, chaque livre publié.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ibsn
  • isbbn
  • isbnn
  • isnb
  • issbn
  • sibn

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ISBN - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ibsn2isbbn1isbnn1isnb2issbn1sibn2
Edit distance from "ISBN"

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 "ISBN"?
"ISBN" is spelled I-S-B-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ɛs.be.ɛn\.
What does "ISBN" mean?
As a noun, "ISBN" means: Numéro international qui permet d’identifier, de manière unique, chaque livre publié.
What words are commonly confused with "ISBN"?
"ISBN" is commonly confused with "iso", "ISF", "iss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ISBN"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ISBN" is \i.ɛs.be.ɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ISBN" come from?
"ISBN" 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 "ISBN", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jeep#20,180kara#20,181hype#20,160hell#20,156

Similar misspelling depth

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

leurre6 variantsFiona6 variantsozone6 variantsdises6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list