isolant

adj

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The verdict

“isolant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,912. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,912
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne transmet pas librement l’électricité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-isolant · isolant · French

isolant · rank #23,912 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,912
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH islamophobe

Nearest frequency peer: islamophobe (-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 « isolant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « isolant » 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).

isolant vs isolants
88% similar
isolant vs isola
71% similar
isolant vs island
71% similar

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

Key facts for isolant
PropertyValue
Headwordisolant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,912
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « isolant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).isolantse 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 « islamophobe » (#23,911), « ivy » (#23,913), « Javascript » (#23,914). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « isolant » est au #23,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around isolant, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,912 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for isolant, with forms such as "ioslant", "isloant", and "isoalnt". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "isolants", "isola", "island", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is isolant, spelled I-S-O-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne transmet pas librement l’électricité.
  2. 2
    Isolant thermique. Qui ne transmet pas facilement la chaleur.
  3. 3
    Caractérise une langue dont les mots sont fait de peu de morphèmes, avec un seul morphème par mot dans les cas extrêmes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Corps isolant.

Synonyms

analytique

This word in other languages

aislante(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ioslant
  • isloant
  • isoalnt
  • isolannt
  • isolantt
  • isolatn
  • isollant
  • isolnat
  • issolant
  • siolant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of isolant - 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.

ioslant2isloant2isoalnt2isolannt1isolantt1isolatn2isollant1isolnat2
Edit distance from "isolant"

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 "isolant"?
"isolant" is spelled I-S-O-L-A-N-T.
What does "isolant" mean?
As an adjective, "isolant" means: Qui ne transmet pas librement l’électricité.
What words are commonly confused with "isolant"?
"isolant" is commonly confused with "isolants", "isola", "island". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "isolant" come from?
"isolant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "isolant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

libérez#23,923maillon#23,928maliens#23,930mordant#23,944

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

hymnes10 variantsmouillés10 variantsméconnue10 variantserronées10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list