ylang
\i.lɑ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“ylang” is uncommon French (frequency #75,359 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,359
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre tropical que l'on exploite pour ses fleurs parfumées
Corpus desk
Index FR-ylang · ylang · French
ylang · rank #75,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,359
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH Yacouba
Nearest frequency peer: Yacouba (-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 « ylang »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- WWII
WWII
24,645 corpus weight
- Yacouba
Yacouba
24,643 corpus weight
- ylang
ylang
24,642 corpus weight
- zazou
zazou
24,641 corpus weight
- Zoltan
Zoltan
24,640 corpus weight
- éclatèrent
éclatèrent
24,639 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ylang » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ylang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.lɑ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ylang » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ylang is uncommon French at frequency #75,359 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.lɑ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ylang doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ylang, spelled Y-L-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Arbre tropical que l'on exploite pour ses fleurs parfumées
- 2Huile essentiel d’ylang.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ylang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
- J’ai expliqué une bonne centaine de fois à Rudy que l’ylang est un arbre originaire de Malaisie. Il s’agit en fait de l'ylang-ylang. Un arbre qui porte des fleurs jaunes dont on extrait le parfum...
Elle l’appréhende comme un fleuri très dense, avec des brassées d’iris, d’ylang et de roses secouées par un galbanum un peu brutal.
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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