irrelevance
"irrelevance" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“irrelevance” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,998
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-irrelevance · irrelevance · English
irrelevance · rank #45,998 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #45,998
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Italiano
Nearest frequency peer: Italiano (+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 “irrelevance”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- interlock
interlock
54,007 corpus weight
- interventio…
interventionist
54,006 corpus weight
- Ionian
Ionian
54,005 corpus weight
- irrelevance
irrelevance
54,003 corpus weight
- Italiano
Italiano
54,002 corpus weight
- Javanese
Javanese
53,998 corpus weight
What this shows “irrelevance” 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 | irrelevance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #45,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “irrelevance”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around irrelevance, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,998 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for irrelevance, with forms such as "irelevance", "irerlevance", and "irreelvance". 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, "irrelevant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is irrelevance, spelled I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how irrelevance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irelevance
- irerlevance
- irreelvance
- irreleavnce
- irrelevacne
- irrelevancce
- irrelevanec
- irrelevannce
- irrelevence
- irrelevnace
- irrelevvance
- irrellevance
- irrelveance
- irrleevance
- rirelevance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of irrelevance - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).