IUFM
\i.y.ɛ.f‿ɛm\
The verdict
“IUFM” is uncommon French (frequency #62,380 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,380
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Institut chargé de la formation des enseignants en France entre 1990 et 2013. Les IUFM ont été remplacés depuis par les ÉSPÉ, puis en 2019 par les INSPÉ.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | IUFM |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.y.ɛ.f‿ɛm\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “IUFM” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
IUFM is uncommon French at frequency #62,380 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.y.ɛ.f‿ɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Institut chargé de la formation des enseignants en France entre 1990 et 2013. Les IUFM ont été remplacés depuis par les ÉSPÉ, puis en 2019 par les INSPÉ.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for IUFM, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 IUFM, spelled I-U-F-M.
Definition
- 1Institut chargé de la formation des enseignants en France entre 1990 et 2013. Les IUFM ont été remplacés depuis par les ÉSPÉ, puis en 2019 par les INSPÉ.
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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Using “IUFM”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-U-F-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.y.ɛ.f‿ɛm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.