italien

\i.ta.ljɛ̃\

/\i.ta.ljɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“italien” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,369
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’Italie, à ses habitants et à leur culture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-italien · italien · French

italien · rank #2,369 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,369
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impôts

Nearest frequency peer: impôts (-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 « italien »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « italien » 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).

italien vs italiens
88% similar
italien vs italienne
78% similar
italien vs iranien
71% similar

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

Key facts for italien
PropertyValue
Headworditalien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ta.ljɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,369
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « italien »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.italiense place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impôts » (#2,368), « lever » (#2,370), « grosses » (#2,367). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « italien » est au #2,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around italien (IPA \i.ta.ljɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,369 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for italien, with forms such as "iatlien", "itailen", and "italein". 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, "italiens", "italienne", "iranien", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is italien, spelled I-T-A-L-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’Italie, à ses habitants et à leur culture.
  2. 2
    Relatif à la langue parlée par les Italiens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le 5 mai, impasse de la Statue, des éboueurs d’origine malienne trouvèrent parmi les poubelles de ce beau quartier, le corps de Girolamo Venezia, lui-même d’origine italienne.
  2. Ce patchwork est encore plus manifeste dans les mégapoles, l’archétype étant New York avec ses communautés irlandaise, italienne, chinoise…, leurs quartiers et leurs festivités.

This word in other languages

Italian(English)italiano(Español)italienisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iatlien
  • itailen
  • italein
  • italienn
  • italine
  • itallien
  • itlaien
  • ittalien
  • tialien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of italien - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

iatlien2itailen2italein2italienn1italine2itallien1itlaien2ittalien1
Edit distance from "italien"

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 "italien"?
"italien" is spelled I-T-A-L-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ta.ljɛ̃\.
What does "italien" mean?
As an adjective, "italien" means: Relatif à l’Italie, à ses habitants et à leur culture.
What words are commonly confused with "italien"?
"italien" is commonly confused with "italiens", "italienne", "iranien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "italien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "italien" is \i.ta.ljɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "italien" come from?
"italien" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "italien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grosses#2,367déteste#2,363Patrick#2,375dispose#2,360

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

arrêtez9 variantsapprend9 variantstalent9 variantsréduit9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list