irrelevancy
"irrelevancy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“irrelevancy” is uncommon English (frequency #98,270 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,270
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being irrelevant or inapplicable; lack of pertinence or connection.
Corpus desk
Index EN-irrelevancy · irrelevancy · English
irrelevancy · rank #98,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,270
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Ioannis
Nearest frequency peer: Ioannis (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “irrelevancy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- intensifier
intensifier
1,735 corpus weight
- interlink
interlink
1,734 corpus weight
- Ioannis
Ioannis
1,732 corpus weight
- irrelevancy
irrelevancy
1,731 corpus weight
- irritatingly
irritatingly
1,730 corpus weight
- isoniazid
isoniazid
1,728 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “irrelevancy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irrelevancy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “irrelevancy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
irrelevancy is uncommon English at frequency #98,270 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for irrelevancy, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ir- + relevancy or irrelevant + -cy. The correct English form is irrelevancy, spelled I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being irrelevant or inapplicable; lack of pertinence or connection.
- 2A thing that is irrelevant—having no bearing on the subject of discussion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irrelevancy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To believe that such talk really ever came out of people's mouths would be to believe that there was a time when time was of no value to a person who thought he had something to say; when it was the custom to spread a two-minute remark out to ten; when a man's mouth was a rolling-mill, and busied itself all day long in turning four-foot pigs of thought in…
"You've been and taken my Japanese umbrella." "I won't have him making an exhibition of himself," said Cripps, ignoring the irrelevancy.
Etymology
From ir- + relevancy or irrelevant + -cy.
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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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