irreflexive

adj

"irreflexive" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“irreflexive” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of a binary relation R on X: such that no element of X is R-related to itself.

Corpus desk

Index EN-irreflexive · irreflexive · English

irreflexive · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for irreflexive
PropertyValue
Headwordirreflexive
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “irreflexive” in English

irreflexivesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irreflexive is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of a binary relation R on X: such that no element of X is R-related to itself.".

irreflexive has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From ir- + reflexive. The correct English form is irreflexive, spelled I-R-R-E-F-L-E-X-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of a binary relation R on X: such that no element of X is R-related to itself.

Etymology

From ir- + reflexive.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irreflexive"?
"irreflexive" is spelled I-R-R-E-F-L-E-X-I-V-E.
What does "irreflexive" mean?
As an adjective, "irreflexive" means: Of a binary relation R on X: such that no element of X is R-related to itself.
What is the origin of the word "irreflexive"?
From ir- + reflexive. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list