irrepressible
"irrepressible" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“irrepressible” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,431
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not containable or controllable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irrepressible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #49,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “irrepressible” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around irrepressible, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,431 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for irrepressible, with forms such as "irepressible", "irerpressible", and "irreperssible". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ir- + repressible. The correct English form is irrepressible, spelled I-R-R-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not containable or controllable.
- 2Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent.
Etymology
From ir- + repressible.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irepressible
- irerpressible
- irreperssible
- irreppressible
- irrepresible
- irrepresisble
- irrepressable
- irrepressbile
- irrepressibble
- irrepressibel
- irrepressiblle
- irrepressilbe
- irreprressible
- irreprsesible
- irrerpessible
- irrperessible
- rirepressible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of irrepressible - 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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Using “irrepressible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-R-R-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.