Republic of Ireland
[ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪələnd]
The verdict
“Republic of Ireland” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Staat Republik Irland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Republic of Ireland |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪələnd] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Republic of Ireland” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Republic of Ireland is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪələnd]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Staat Republik Irland".
Republic of Ireland has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Republic of Ireland, spelled R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C- -O-F- -I-R-E-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Staat Republik Irland
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Republic of Ireland”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C- -O-F- -I-R-E-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪələnd] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.