Irenaeus
"irenaeus" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Irenaeus” is uncommon English (frequency #72,434 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,434
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-irenaeus · Irenaeus · English
Irenaeus · rank #72,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,434
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Ipoh
Nearest frequency peer: Ipoh (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Irenaeus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- invalidation
invalidation
27,572 corpus weight
- invincibles
invincibles
27,571 corpus weight
- invulnerabi…
invulnerability
27,570 corpus weight
- Ipoh
Ipoh
27,568 corpus weight
- Irenaeus
Irenaeus
27,567 corpus weight
- Isleworth
Isleworth
27,565 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Irenaeus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irenaeus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Irenaeus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Irenaeus is uncommon English at frequency #72,434 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Ancient Greek.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Irenaeus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Īrēnaeus, from Ancient Greek Εἰρηναῖος (Eirēnaîos), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”). The correct English form is Irenaeus, spelled I-R-E-N-A-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Etymology
From Latin Īrēnaeus, from Ancient Greek Εἰρηναῖος (Eirēnaîos), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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