ivory
\ˈaɪ.və.ri\
The verdict
“ivory” is uncommon French (frequency #63,104 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,104
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ivoire, substance dure blanche et opaque qui est la matière principale des dents et des défenses d’animaux comme l’éléphant, l’hippopotame, le morse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ivory |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈaɪ.və.ri\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ivory” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ivory is uncommon French at frequency #63,104 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈaɪ.və.ri\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ivory, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ivory, spelled I-V-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Ivoire, substance dure blanche et opaque qui est la matière principale des dents et des défenses d’animaux comme l’éléphant, l’hippopotame, le morse.
- 2Toute chose qui ressemble à de l’ivoire.
- 3Dent.
- 4Touches d’un piano.
- 5Couleur qui rappelle celle de l’ivoire. #FFFFD4
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 “ivory”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-V-O-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈaɪ.və.ri\ (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.