isotope
\izɔ.tɔp\
The verdict
“isotope” is uncommon French (frequency #51,553 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,553
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Élément chimique ayant un même nombre de protons que l’élément chimique de référence, donc une même « place » dans le tableau périodique des éléments, mais un nombre de neutrons différent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-isotope · isotope · French
isotope · rank #51,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,553
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 142,603
- PHOTO-FINISH invraisemblab…
Nearest frequency peer: invraisemblables (-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 “isotope”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- interro
interro
48,452 corpus weight
- interrompent
interrompent
48,451 corpus weight
- inventez
inventez
48,450 corpus weight
- invraisembl…
invraisemblables
48,449 corpus weight
- isotope
isotope
48,448 corpus weight
- Ispahan
Ispahan
48,447 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “isotope” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | isotope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \izɔ.tɔp\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “isotope” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
isotope is uncommon French at frequency #51,553 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \izɔ.tɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Élément chimique ayant un même nombre de protons que l’élément chimique de référence, donc une même « place » dans le tableau périodique des éléments, mais un nombre de neutrons différent.".
No misspelling variants are generated for isotope in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is isotope, spelled I-S-O-T-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique ayant un même nombre de protons que l’élément chimique de référence, donc une même « place » dans le tableau périodique des éléments, mais un nombre de neutrons différent.
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
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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.