irrelevant
ir·rel·e·vant/ɪˈɹɛləvənt/adjective
irrelevant is spelled I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T, 4 syllables: ir·rel·e·vant. The wrong spelling people search most is irelevent: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 122 of all searches for the word. Irrelevant is an adjective meaning “Not relevant, as”.
How many letters and syllables are in irrelevant?
| Letters | 10: I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ir·rel·e·vant |
| In writing | 9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, irelevent, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell irrelevant?
Irrelevant is spelled I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 122 of the searches for irrelevant in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is irrelevant?
Irrelevant appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th 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 irrelevant?
- /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/
- [ɪˈɹʷɛləvənt]
- /əˈɹɛləvənt/
Irrelevant has 4 syllables, split ir·rel·e·vant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-irrelevant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of irrelevant
- more irrelevant comparative
- most irrelevant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does irrelevant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not relevant, as
His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
- 2
Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.
- 3
Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.
- 4
derogatoryslangNo longer famous or popular; washed up.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Irrelevant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | non-pertinent |
| German | irrelevant, unwesentlich |
| Portuguese | irrelevante |
| Spanish | irrelevante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does irrelevant come from?
From ir- + relevant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).