Yvain
The verdict
“Yvain” is uncommon French (frequency #57,026 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,026
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yvain · Yvain · French
Yvain · rank #57,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,026
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH xerox
Nearest frequency peer: xerox (-2 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 « Yvain »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Willems
Willems
42,979 corpus weight
- WM
WM
42,978 corpus weight
- xerox
xerox
42,977 corpus weight
- Yvain
Yvain
42,975 corpus weight
- Égée
Égée
42,973 corpus weight
- émaillées
émaillées
42,972 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Yvain » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yvain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Yvain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Yvain is uncommon French at frequency #57,026 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Yvain, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Yvain, spelled Y-V-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Yvain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son unique satisfaction est d’avoir secouru et sauvé une jeune Turque, aidé par son “compain” Yvain d’Antigny.
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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