ivoire

\i.vwaʁ\

/\i.vwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ivoire” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,079
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance dure, blanche, opaque qui est la matière principale des dents et des défenses d’animaux comme l’éléphant, l’hippopotame, le morse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ivoire · ivoire · French

ivoire · rank #4,079 · 7 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,079
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH instrument

Nearest frequency peer: instrument (-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 « ivoire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ivoire » 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).

ivoire vs ivre
67% similar
ivoire vs ivoirien
75% similar
ivoire vs Issoire
57% similar

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

Key facts for ivoire
PropertyValue
Headwordivoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.vwaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,079
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ivoire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ivoirese 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 « instrument » (#4,078), « lumières » (#4,080), « fréquence » (#4,077). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ivoire » est au #4,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ivoire (IPA \i.vwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,079 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ivoire, with forms such as "iovire", "iviore", and "ivoier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ivre", "ivoirien", "Issoire", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ivoire, spelled I-V-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance dure, blanche, opaque qui est la matière principale des dents et des défenses d’animaux comme l’éléphant, l’hippopotame, le morse.
  2. 2
    Objet d’art travaillé en ivoire.
  3. 3
    Substance majoritaire constituant la dent et plus généralement l’organe dentaire.
  4. 4
    D’un blanc parfait.
  5. 5
    Couleur qui rappelle celle de l’ivoire. #FFFFD4

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ne revois-tu pas le palais rose, les grands joncs aux feuilles étroites en soie pâle, et le coq blanc comme un oiseau d’ivoire, parmi les dépouilles sanglantes des camphriers.
  2. Sa spécialité consistait à scier les dés et à les piper. Il m’expliqua l’opération, car achetant lui-même l’ivoire, il le débitait en petits cubes dont il forait certains côtés pour les bourrer de plomb.

Synonyms

dentine

This word in other languages

ivory(English)marfil(Español)Elfenbein(Deutsch)marfim(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iovire
  • iviore
  • ivoier
  • ivoirre
  • ivorie
  • ivvoire
  • vioire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ivoire - 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.

iovire2iviore2ivoier2ivoirre1ivorie2ivvoire1vioire2
Edit distance from "ivoire"

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 "ivoire"?
"ivoire" is spelled I-V-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.vwaʁ\.
What does "ivoire" mean?
As a noun, "ivoire" means: Substance dure, blanche, opaque qui est la matière principale des dents et des défenses d’animaux comme l’éléphant, l’hippopotame, le morse.
What words are commonly confused with "ivoire"?
"ivoire" is commonly confused with "ivre", "ivoirien", "Issoire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ivoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ivoire" is \i.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ivoire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

minuit#4,085motifs#4,086décédé#4,068donnez#4,066

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ronde7 variantscamion7 variantsbonus7 variantsadmis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list