Ishikawa
\i.ʃi.ka.wa\
The verdict
“Ishikawa” is uncommon French (frequency #76,694 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,694
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Préfecture japonaise ayant Kanazawa pour capitale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ishikawa · Ishikawa · French
Ishikawa · rank #76,694 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,694
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 142,603
- PHOTO-FINISH Ischia
Nearest frequency peer: Ischia (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ishikawa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- intervieweur
intervieweur
23,310 corpus weight
- intégrable
intégrable
23,309 corpus weight
- Ischia
Ischia
23,308 corpus weight
- Ishikawa
Ishikawa
23,307 corpus weight
- Isigny
Isigny
23,306 corpus weight
- iwo
iwo
23,304 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ishikawa” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ishikawa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.ʃi.ka.wa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ishikawa” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ishikawa is uncommon French at frequency #76,694 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \i.ʃi.ka.wa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préfecture japonaise ayant Kanazawa pour capitale.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ishikawa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Ishikawa, spelled I-S-H-I-K-A-W-A.
Definition
- 1Préfecture japonaise ayant Kanazawa pour capitale.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ishikawa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.