irrationally
"irrationally" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“irrationally” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,430
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason
Corpus desk
Index EN-irrationally · irrationally · English
irrationally · rank #49,430 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #49,430
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH international…
Nearest frequency peer: internationalization (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “irrationally”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- intercede
intercede
50,574 corpus weight
- internation…
internationalization
50,572 corpus weight
- irrationally
irrationally
50,571 corpus weight
- irrepressib…
irrepressible
50,570 corpus weight
- isha
isha
50,569 corpus weight
- Ishida
Ishida
50,568 corpus weight
What this shows “irrationally” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irrationally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #49,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “irrationally”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around irrationally, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #49,430 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for irrationally, with forms such as "irartionally", "irationally", and "irraitonally". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "irrational", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From irrational + -ly. The correct English form is irrationally, spelled I-R-R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irrationally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was not sure that he wanted to see the Countess Olenska again; but ever since he had looked at her from the path above the bay he had wanted, irrationally and indescribably, to see the place she was living in, and to follow the movements of her imagined figure as he had watched the real one in the summer-house.
Some people that irrationally hate the military as a whole *might* just qualify as well.
Etymology
From irrational + -ly.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irartionally
- irationally
- irraitonally
- irratinoally
- irratioanlly
- irrationallyy
- irrationaly
- irrationalyl
- irrationlaly
- irrationnally
- irratoinally
- irrattionally
- irrtaionally
- rirationally
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of irrationally - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).