Which to use
“isola” is a verb and “isolant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,846
- “isola” frequency rank
- #23,912
- “isolant” frequency rank
- 65758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | isola | isolant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de isoler. | Qui ne transmet pas librement l’électricité. |
Letter map: isola vs isolant
Shared letters muted; letters that set isola and isolant apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for isola / isolant
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: isola is averb and isolantanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “isola” sits inside “isolant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
isola is recorded at frequency rank #41,846, classified as averb, pronounced \i.zɔ.la\. isolant is at rank #23,912, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 65758, this pair ranks #70,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of isola vs isolant
Shared letters: ailos. Private to "isola": -. Private to "isolant": nt.
"isola" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "isolant" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "isola" for "isolant" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "isola" or "isolant" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "isola" and "isolant".
- Full dictionary entry for "isola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "isolant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "isola" and "isolant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ilona vs isola". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #70,917 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.