issues

\i.sy\

/\i.sy\/ noun

The verdict

“issues” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,211
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Produits de la mouture des céréales, hormis la farine : son, recoupe, remoulage, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-issues · issues · French

issues · rank #6,211 · 6 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,211
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH isolé

Nearest frequency peer: isolé (-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 « issues »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « issues » 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).

issues vs issus
83% similar
issues vs Istres
50% similar
issues vs issu
67% similar

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

Key facts for issues
PropertyValue
Headwordissues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.sy\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,211
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « issues »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).issuesse 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 « isolé » (#6,210), « judiciaires » (#6,212), « investisseurs » (#6,209). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « issues » est au #6,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around issues (IPA \i.sy\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,211 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for issues, with forms such as "isseus", "issuess", and "issuse". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "issus", "Istres", "issu", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is issues, spelled I-S-S-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Produits de la mouture des céréales, hormis la farine : son, recoupe, remoulage, etc.
  2. 2
    Partie non consommable du cinquième quartier d’un animal : cornes, cuirs et certains viscères ; seulement la tête et les pieds pour certains auteurs.
  3. 3
    Écoulement des eaux usées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette minoterie produit des farines biologiques de blé écrasé sur des meules de pierre, les issues vont à l'alimentation animale biologique.
  2. Les issues peuvent être destinées à l’industrie. Elles comprennent le cuir, les poils, les crins, les pieds des gros animaux, les onglons, les cornes, les boyaux non utilisables pour la charcuterie, le sang des grands animaux, les glandes, etc. — (Cirad/Gret/MAE, Mémento de l'Agronome, 1 692 pages, page 1438, 2002, Paris, France, Cirad/Gret/Ministère des…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isseus
  • issuess
  • issuse
  • isues
  • isuses
  • sisues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

isseus2issuess1issuse2isues1isuses2sisues2
Edit distance from "issues"

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 "issues"?
"issues" is spelled I-S-S-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.sy\.
What does "issues" mean?
As a noun, "issues" means: Produits de la mouture des céréales, hormis la farine : son, recoupe, remoulage, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "issues"?
"issues" is commonly confused with "issus", "Istres", "issu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "issues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "issues" is \i.sy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "issues" come from?
"issues" 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 "issues", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list