isola

\i.zɔ.la\

/\i.zɔ.la\/ verb

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The verdict

“isola” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,846
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de isoler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-isola · isola · French

isola · rank #41,846 · 6 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,846
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ironise

Nearest frequency peer: ironise (-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 « isola »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « isola » 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).

isola vs Issa
40% similar
isola vs isolé
80% similar
isola vs isolés
67% similar

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

Key facts for isola
PropertyValue
Headwordisola
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.zɔ.la\
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,846
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « isola »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.isolase 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 « ironise » (#41,845), « interopérabilité » (#41,844), « intermède » (#41,843). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « isola » est au #41,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around isola (IPA \i.zɔ.la\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,846 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de isoler.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for isola, with forms such as "iosla", "isloa", and "isoal". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Issa", "isolé", "isolés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is isola, spelled I-S-O-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de isoler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how isola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Placées à mi-course entre Grandcamp et Saint-Vaast, les îles Saint-Marcouf étaient rattachées à la terre avant le séisme du IXᵉ siècle, celui qui engloutit la forêt de Scissy et isola le Mont-Saint-Michel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iosla
  • isloa
  • isoal
  • isolla
  • issola
  • siola

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of isola - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

iosla2isloa2isoal2isolla1issola1siola2
Edit distance from "isola"

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 "isola"?
"isola" is spelled I-S-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \i.zɔ.la\.
What does "isola" mean?
As a verb, "isola" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de isoler.
What words are commonly confused with "isola"?
"isola" is commonly confused with "Issa", "isolé", "isolés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "isola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "isola" is \i.zɔ.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "isola" come from?
"isola" 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 "isola", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

knows#41,856lavis#41,866lebon#41,867Hasan#41,820

Similar misspelling depth

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

jonc6 variantsKemp6 variantsglam6 variantsGallia6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list