Isis
\i.zis\
The verdict
“Isis” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,658
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom grec d’Aset, grande déesse de la mythologie égyptienne, fille de Geb et de Nout (eux-mêmes enfants de Rê), épouse d’Ausarê (Osiris) et mère de Hor (Horus le jeune).
Corpus desk
Index FR-isis · Isis · French
Isis · rank #16,658 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,658
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH invitant
Nearest frequency peer: invitant (-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 « Isis »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- intempéries
intempéries
83,345 corpus weight
- invitant
invitant
83,344 corpus weight
- Isis
Isis
83,343 corpus weight
- jetant
jetant
83,342 corpus weight
- Joyce
Joyce
83,341 corpus weight
- jugeant
jugeant
83,340 corpus weight
What this shows « Isis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Isis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.zis\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Isis »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Isis (IPA \i.zis\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,658 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom grec d’Aset, grande déesse de la mythologie égyptienne, fille de Geb et de Nout (eux-mêmes enfants de Rê), épouse d’Ausarê (Osiris) et mère de Hor (Horus le jeune).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Isis, with forms such as "iiss", "isiss", and "issi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "iso", "its", "iss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Isis, spelled I-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Nom grec d’Aset, grande déesse de la mythologie égyptienne, fille de Geb et de Nout (eux-mêmes enfants de Rê), épouse d’Ausarê (Osiris) et mère de Hor (Horus le jeune).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Isis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce visage, plus rond qu'ovale, ressemble à celui de quelque belle Isis des bas-reliefs éginétiques.
Telle était Jeanne, Isis gauloise, qui semblait aussi étrangère aux préoccupations de ceux qui l’entouraient, que l’eût été une fille des druides transportée dans notre siècle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iiss
- isiss
- issi
- issis
- siis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Isis - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).