Yitzhak

\jit.sxak\

/\jit.sxak\/ name

The verdict

“Yitzhak” is uncommon French (frequency #60,486 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,486
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom d’origine hébreuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yitzhak · Yitzhak · French

Yitzhak · rank #60,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,486
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yaël

Nearest frequency peer: Yaël (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Yitzhak »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Yitzhak » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yitzhak
PropertyValue
HeadwordYitzhak
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\jit.sxak\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Yitzhak » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Yitzhaktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Yaël » (#60,485), « zadig » (#60,488), « xiang » (#60,483). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « Yitzhak » est au #60,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yitzhak is uncommon French at frequency #60,486 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \jit.sxak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom d’origine hébreuse.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Yitzhak, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Yitzhak, spelled Y-I-T-Z-H-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom d’origine hébreuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La gauche s’est progressivement effondrée après l’assassinat d’Yitzhak Rabin, en 1995, et la vague d’attentats-suicides perpétrés par le Hamas. Depuis les années 2000, face à une droitisation toujours plus importante de la société israélienne, corrélée avec une montée des extrémismes religieux, la gauche laïque n’est plus que l’ombre d’elle-même.

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 "Yitzhak"?
"Yitzhak" is spelled Y-I-T-Z-H-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is \jit.sxak\.
What does "Yitzhak" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yitzhak" means: Prénom d’origine hébreuse.
How do you pronounce "Yitzhak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yitzhak" is \jit.sxak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yitzhak" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list