ise
\ˈisːe\
The verdict
“ise” is uncommon French (frequency #54,661 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,661
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe isal/isañ.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ise · ise · French
ise · rank #54,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,661
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH irrationnels
Nearest frequency peer: irrationnels (-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 « ise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- insoumission
insoumission
45,344 corpus weight
- inéligible
inéligible
45,342 corpus weight
- irrationnels
irrationnels
45,341 corpus weight
- ise
ise
45,340 corpus weight
- ITW
ITW
45,339 corpus weight
- Jesper
Jesper
45,337 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈisːe\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ise is uncommon French at frequency #54,661 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈisːe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe isal/isañ.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ise, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ise, spelled I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe isal/isañ.
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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