irreal
/ɪˈɹiːəl/adjective
irreal is spelled I-R-R-E-A-L: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, irreal means “Synonym of intangible, immaterial, not composed of things, having no concrete existence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in irreal?
| Letters | 6: I-R-R-E-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th 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; 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 irreal?
Irreal appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 irreal?
- /ɪˈɹiːəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-irreal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with irreal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as irreal.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: railer.
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 irreal
- more irreal comparative
- most irreal superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does irreal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Synonym of intangible, immaterial, not composed of things, having no concrete existence.
Near-synonyms: preternatural, supernatural, ethereal, celestial
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does irreal come from?
From Latin irrealis, from in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, tangible, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irrealis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).