Issoudun
\i.su.dɛ̃\
The verdict
“Issoudun” is uncommon French (frequency #55,381 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,381
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-issoudun · Issoudun · French
Issoudun · rank #55,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,381
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH irréconciliab…
Nearest frequency peer: irréconciliables (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Issoudun »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ioniques
ioniques
44,624 corpus weight
- irascible
irascible
44,623 corpus weight
- irréconcili…
irréconciliables
44,621 corpus weight
- Issoudun
Issoudun
44,620 corpus weight
- Janson
Janson
44,617 corpus weight
- JMA
JMA
44,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Issoudun » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Issoudun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.su.dɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Issoudun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Issoudun is uncommon French at frequency #55,381 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \i.su.dɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Issoudun, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Issoudun, spelled I-S-S-O-U-D-U-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de l’Indre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Issoudun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Animée par ses disettes, la ville d’Issoudun pressentait un combat entre ces personnages qui, remarquez-le, se méprisaient mutuellement.
Le sous-préfet d’Issoudun a fait savoir que Vierzon était occupé pour la troisième fois par l’ennemi. Bourbaki se serait replié sur Issoudun, renonçant à défendre le centre et se portant sur l’est.
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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