it

\ɪt\

/\ɪt\/ pron

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The verdict

“it” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,781) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,781
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Il, elle, le, la. Pronom personnel utilisé pour parler d’un animal ou d’une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-it · it · French

it · rank #2,781 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,781
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH geste

Nearest frequency peer: geste (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “it”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “it” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

it vs ix
50% similar
it vs iu
50% similar
it vs IVG
0% similar

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

Key facts for it
PropertyValue
Headwordit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
IPA\ɪt\
Letters2
Frequency rank#2,781
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “it” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).itse 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 « geste » (#2,780), « jack » (#2,782), « Genève » (#2,779). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for it is neighbouring look-alikes ("ix", "iu", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced \ɪt\. Frequency #2,781 among 3,561 “I” headwords. 7 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No misspelling variants are generated for it in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ix", "iu", "IVG", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is it, spelled I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Il, elle, le, la. Pronom personnel utilisé pour parler d’un animal ou d’une chose.
  2. 2
    Il, elle, le, la. Pronom personnel qui fait référence à un être humain de sexe indéterminé, souvent à un bébé.
  3. 3
    Il. Pronom impersonnel utilisé comme sujet d’un verbe ou d’une phrase impersonnelle.
  4. 4
    Objet indéfini d’un verbe transitif.
  5. 5
    Ce. Sujet d’une phrase clivée.
  6. 6
    Il, ce. Pronom personnel qui remplace un infinitif déplacé ou une proposition avec that déplacée.
  7. 7
    ou Iel, ael ; pronom personnel neutre de la troisième personne du singulier se référent à une personne non-binaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Put it over there.
  2. Take each day as it comes.

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 "it"?
"it" is spelled I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɪt\.
What does "it" mean?
As a pronoun, "it" means: Il, elle, le, la. Pronom personnel utilisé pour parler d’un animal ou d’une chose.
What words are commonly confused with "it"?
"it" is commonly confused with "ix", "iu", "IVG". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "it"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "it" is \ɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "it" come from?
"it" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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  • "it" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ix". View pair
  • Usage frequency rank #2,781 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list