Ivry

name

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The verdict

“Ivry” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,594
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de la commune française Ivry-en-Montagne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ivry · Ivry · French

Ivry · rank #22,594 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,594
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH introduisant

Nearest frequency peer: introduisant (-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 « Ivry »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Ivry » 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).

Ivry vs ivy
50% similar
Ivry vs ir
25% similar
Ivry vs ira
25% similar

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

Key facts for Ivry
PropertyValue
HeadwordIvry
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,594
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Ivry »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « introduisant » (#22,593), « jacuzzi » (#22,595), « interrogée » (#22,592). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Ivry » est au #22,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Ivry, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,594 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ivry, with forms such as "irvy", "ivrry", and "ivryy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ivy", "ir", "ira", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Ivry, spelled I-V-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom de la commune française Ivry-en-Montagne.
  2. 2
    Dénomination locale de la ville d'Ivry-sur-Seine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des baraquements ont été construits à Ivry où des quartiers entiers se sont effondrés.
  2. Malika obtint une place pour l'hiver dans un foyer à Ivry. […]. Le lendemain, elle était de retour à Barbès. Trop loin du métro, me dit-elle, et que faire toute la journée dans les rues d’Ivry ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irvy
  • ivrry
  • ivryy
  • ivvry
  • ivyr

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irvy2ivrry1ivryy1ivvry1ivyr2
Edit distance from "Ivry"

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 "Ivry"?
"Ivry" is spelled I-V-R-Y.
What does "Ivry" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ivry" means: Ancien nom de la commune française Ivry-en-Montagne.
What words are commonly confused with "Ivry"?
"Ivry" is commonly confused with "ivy", "ir", "ira". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Ivry" come from?
"Ivry" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list