ivar
\i.vaʁ\
The verdict
“ivar” is uncommon French (frequency #66,030 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,030
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variable d’instance dans un code source, notamment dans le langage Objective C.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ivar · ivar · French
ivar · rank #66,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,030
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH irrévérencieux
Nearest frequency peer: irrévérencieux (-2 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 « ivar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- iPads
iPads
33,976 corpus weight
- irremplaçab…
irremplaçables
33,975 corpus weight
- irrévérenci…
irrévérencieux
33,973 corpus weight
- ivar
ivar
33,971 corpus weight
- Jalil
Jalil
33,969 corpus weight
- javanais
javanais
33,968 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ivar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ivar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.vaʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ivar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ivar is uncommon French at frequency #66,030 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.vaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variable d’instance dans un code source, notamment dans le langage Objective C.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ivar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ivar, spelled I-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1Variable d’instance dans un code source, notamment dans le langage Objective C.
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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