isu
\ˈisu\
The verdict
“isu” is uncommon French (frequency #69,939 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,939
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Et (liaison distributive).
Corpus desk
Index FR-isu · isu · French
isu · rank #69,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,939
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH istituto
Nearest frequency peer: istituto (-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 « isu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- intrusives
intrusives
30,066 corpus weight
- irriguée
irriguée
30,064 corpus weight
- istituto
istituto
30,063 corpus weight
- isu
isu
30,062 corpus weight
- itérations
itérations
30,061 corpus weight
- jacobine
jacobine
30,059 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « isu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | isu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \ˈisu\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « isu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
isu is uncommon French at frequency #69,939 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \ˈisu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Et (liaison distributive).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for isu, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is isu, spelled I-S-U.
Definition
- 1Et (liaison distributive).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how isu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ino zo tadler gan kolnapa dem jontika drimula isu lavavefaks.
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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