israélite

\is.ʁa.e.lit\

/\is.ʁa.e.lit\/ adj

The verdict

“israélite” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,097
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au royaume d’Israël (rois Saul, David et Salomon) et plus tard, au royaume de Samarie, par rapport au royaume de Judée ayant pour capitale Jérusalem.

Corpus desk

Index FR-israelite · israélite · French

israélite · rank #31,097 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,097
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ismaël

Nearest frequency peer: Ismaël (-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 « israélite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « israélite » 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).

israélite vs israélites
90% similar
israélite vs israélien
78% similar

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

Key facts for israélite
PropertyValue
Headwordisraélite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\is.ʁa.e.lit\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,097
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « israélite »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).israélitese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Ismaël » (#31,096), « Italo » (#31,098), « islamisation » (#31,095). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « israélite » est au #31,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around israélite (IPA \is.ʁa.e.lit\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,097 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for israélite, with forms such as "irsaélite", "isarélite", and "israelite". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "israélites", "israélien", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is israélite, spelled I-S-R-A-É-L-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au royaume d’Israël (rois Saul, David et Salomon) et plus tard, au royaume de Samarie, par rapport au royaume de Judée ayant pour capitale Jérusalem.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux juifs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La lumière de la lampe posée sur cette cheminée tombait sur son visage, la faisant encore plus pâle et plus brune et rendant aussi plus éclatants encore ses yeux pleins d’une douceur israélite.
  2. À la même occasion je fus témoin de la réception d'une délégation de la communauté israélite de Settat.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irsaélite
  • isarélite
  • israelite
  • israléite
  • israéilte
  • israéliet
  • israélitte
  • israéllite
  • israéltie
  • isrraélite
  • isréalite
  • issraélite
  • siraélite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of israélite - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

irsaélite2isarélite2israelite1israléite2israéilte2israéliet2israélitte1israéllite1
Edit distance from "israélite"

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 "israélite"?
"israélite" is spelled I-S-R-A-É-L-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \is.ʁa.e.lit\.
What does "israélite" mean?
As an adjective, "israélite" means: Relatif au royaume d’Israël (rois Saul, David et Salomon) et plus tard, au royaume de Samarie, par rapport au royaume de Judée ayant pour capitale Jérusalem.
What words are commonly confused with "israélite"?
"israélite" is commonly confused with "israélites", "israélien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "israélite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "israélite" is \is.ʁa.e.lit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "israélite" come from?
"israélite" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list