irreversible

[ɪʁevɛʁˈziːblə]

/[ɪʁevɛʁˈziːblə]/ adj

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The verdict

“irreversible” is uncommon German (frequency #84,143 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,143
frequency rank, German
17,725
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irreversibel

Corpus desk

Index DE-irreversible · irreversible · German

irreversible · rank #84,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,143
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 17,725
  • PHOTO-FINISH irisches

Nearest frequency peer: irisches (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “irreversible”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “irreversible” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for irreversible
PropertyValue
Headwordirreversible
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪʁevɛʁˈziːblə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#84,143
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “irreversible” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). irreversible lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irreversible is uncommon German at frequency #84,143 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪʁevɛʁˈziːblə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for irreversible, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is irreversible, spelled I-R-R-E-V-E-R-S-I-B-L-E.

Definition

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

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irreversible"?
"irreversible" is spelled I-R-R-E-V-E-R-S-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪʁevɛʁˈziːblə].
What does "irreversible" mean?
As an adjective, "irreversible" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irreversibel
How do you pronounce "irreversible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irreversible" is [ɪʁevɛʁˈziːblə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irreversible" come from?
"irreversible" 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 "irreversible", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list