isocèle
\i.zɔ.sɛl\
The verdict
“isocèle” is uncommon French (frequency #77,627 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,627
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a deux côtés égaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-isocele · isocèle · French
isocèle · rank #77,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,627
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 142,603
- PHOTO-FINISH islamiser
Nearest frequency peer: islamiser (-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 “isocèle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- intuitives
intuitives
22,378 corpus weight
- irradier
irradier
22,377 corpus weight
- islamiser
islamiser
22,375 corpus weight
- isocèle
isocèle
22,374 corpus weight
- jacinto
jacinto
22,372 corpus weight
- jacobinisme
jacobinisme
22,370 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “isocèle” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | isocèle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.zɔ.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “isocèle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
isocèle is uncommon French at frequency #77,627 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.zɔ.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a deux côtés égaux.".
isocèle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is isocèle, spelled I-S-O-C-È-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a deux côtés égaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how isocèle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Triangle isocèle.
Le voilier blanc semblait suivre la même route qu’elle, avec sa grande voile isocèle gonflée dans le vent.
This word in other languages
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "isocèle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 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.