Istrie
\is.tʁi\
The verdict
“Istrie” is uncommon French (frequency #65,241 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,241
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Péninsule de l’Adriatique située au sud du golfe de Trieste, aujourd’hui partagée entre l’Italie, la Slovénie et la Croatie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-istrie · Istrie · French
Istrie · rank #65,241 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,241
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH jada
Nearest frequency peer: jada (+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 « Istrie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- irritent
irritent
34,764 corpus weight
- irréfléchie
irréfléchie
34,763 corpus weight
- Istrie
Istrie
34,760 corpus weight
- jada
jada
34,759 corpus weight
- Jair
Jair
34,758 corpus weight
- Janie
Janie
34,757 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Istrie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Istrie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \is.tʁi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Istrie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Istrie is uncommon French at frequency #65,241 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \is.tʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Péninsule de l’Adriatique située au sud du golfe de Trieste, aujourd’hui partagée entre l’Italie, la Slovénie et la Croatie.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Istrie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Istrie, spelled I-S-T-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Péninsule de l’Adriatique située au sud du golfe de Trieste, aujourd’hui partagée entre l’Italie, la Slovénie et la Croatie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Istrie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une autre espèce de navire très-commune à Venise, et qui sert particulièrement à ses communications avec Trieste et les ports de l’Istrie, ce sont des trébacs de soixante à quatre-vingts tonneaux.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).