irate
/aɪˈɹeɪt/adjective
irate is spelled I-R-A-T-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, irate means “Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in irate?
| Letters | 5: I-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is irate?
Irate appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce irate?
- /aɪˈɹeɪt/
- /ˈaɪɹeɪt/
Irate has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-irate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with irate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as irate.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: terai.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of irate
- more irate comparative
- irater comparative
- most irate superlative
- iratest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does irate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
feel irate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Irate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense extremely angry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | furieux, en colère |
| German | wütend, erzürnt, rasend |
| Spanish | encolerizado, airado, iracundo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does irate come from?
From Latin īrātus (“angered, angry”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from īrāscor (“to be angry”), from īra (“anger, wrath”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).