irrelevante

[ˈɪʁɛləˌvantə]

/[ˈɪʁɛləˌvantə]/ adj

The verdict

“irrelevante” is uncommon German (frequency #89,118 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,118
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant

Corpus desk

Index DE-irrelevante · irrelevante · German

irrelevante · rank #89,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,118
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Irrglauben

Nearest frequency peer: Irrglauben (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „irrelevante“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „irrelevante“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for irrelevante
PropertyValue
Headwordirrelevante
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɪʁɛləˌvantə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „irrelevante“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.irrelevantefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Irrglauben“ (#89,119), „Invalide“ (#89,116), „intuitiver“ (#89,115). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „irrelevante“ bei #89,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irrelevante is uncommon German at frequency #89,118 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪʁɛləˌvantə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for irrelevante, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is irrelevante, spelled I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irrelevante"?
"irrelevante" is spelled I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪʁɛləˌvantə].
What does "irrelevante" mean?
As an adjective, "irrelevante" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irrelevant
How do you pronounce "irrelevante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irrelevante" is [ˈɪʁɛləˌvantə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irrelevante" come from?
"irrelevante" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list