Irish acre
"irish-acre" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Irish acre” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A unit of area equal to 7840 square yards (approximately 0.66 hectares or 1.62 statute acres).
Corpus desk
Index EN-irish-acre · Irish acre · English
Irish acre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irish acre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Irish acre” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Irish acre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A unit of area equal to 7840 square yards (approximately 0.66 hectares or 1.62 statute acres).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Irish acre, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: It was historically used in Ireland. The correct English form is Irish acre, spelled I-R-I-S-H- -A-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1A unit of area equal to 7840 square yards (approximately 0.66 hectares or 1.62 statute acres).
Etymology
It was historically used in Ireland.
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.