Isolator
\izoˈlaːtoːɐ̯\
The verdict
“Isolator” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Isolant : matériau isolant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-isolator · Isolator · French
Isolator · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Isolator |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \izoˈlaːtoːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Isolator is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \izoˈlaːtoːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Isolator, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Isolator, spelled I-S-O-L-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Isolant : matériau isolant.
- 2Isolant : matériau isolant.
- 3Isolant : matériau isolant.
- 4Isolant : matériau isolant.
- 5Isolateur : élément isolant, pièce isolante.
- 6Isolateur : élément isolant, pièce isolante.
- 7Isolateur : élément isolant, pièce isolante.
- 8Isolateur : élément isolant, pièce isolante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Isolator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Porzellan ist ein guter Isolator.
Obwohl die Wolfram-Verbindung [Wolframdiselenid] ein Kristall ist, ist sie nur in zwei Raumrichtungen kristallin geordnet aufgebaut. In der dritten Dimension zeigen sich verdrehte und ungeordnete Strukturen. Genau dieser Aufbau soll die Ursache für die herausragenden Isolator-Eigenschaften sein. Das Material leitete nur ein zwanzigstel Watt pro Meter und…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.