Zoey

\ˈzoʊ.i\

/\ˈzoʊ.i\/ name

The verdict

“Zoey” is uncommon French (frequency #61,993 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,993
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin, équivalent de Zoé en français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zoey · Zoey · French

Zoey · rank #61,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,993
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH ZICO

Nearest frequency peer: ZICO (-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 « Zoey »

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 « Zoey » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zoey
PropertyValue
HeadwordZoey
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˈzoʊ.i\
Letters4
Frequency rank#61,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Zoey » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Zoeytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ZICO » (#61,992), « zoulous » (#61,994), « Zulte » (#61,995). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « Zoey » est au #61,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zoey is uncommon French at frequency #61,993 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈzoʊ.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin, équivalent de Zoé en français.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zoey, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Zoey, spelled Z-O-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin, équivalent de Zoé en français.

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 "Zoey"?
"Zoey" is spelled Z-O-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈzoʊ.i\.
What does "Zoey" mean?
As a proper noun, "Zoey" means: Prénom féminin, équivalent de Zoé en français.
How do you pronounce "Zoey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zoey" is \ˈzoʊ.i\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zoey" come from?
"Zoey" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list