irretrievable
"irretrievable" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“irretrievable” is uncommon English (frequency #95,004 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,004
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable
Corpus desk
Index EN-irretrievable · irretrievable · English
irretrievable · rank #95,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,004
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH ionisation
Nearest frequency peer: ionisation (-3 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 “irretrievable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- interpolate
interpolate
5,004 corpus weight
- ionisation
ionisation
5,000 corpus weight
- irretrievab…
irretrievable
4,997 corpus weight
- Islamisation
Islamisation
4,993 corpus weight
- Ivins
Ivins
4,990 corpus weight
- izzat
izzat
4,989 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “irretrievable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irretrievable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #95,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “irretrievable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
irretrievable is uncommon English at frequency #95,004 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable".
No misspelling variants are generated for irretrievable in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ir- + retrievable. The correct English form is irretrievable, spelled I-R-R-E-T-R-I-E-V-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irretrievable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an irretrievable loss
But, having hung him, you cannot unhang him. With all your liability to err, you dare to take a step, which, if wrong at all, is infinitely so, because irretrievable.
Etymology
From ir- + retrievable.
This word in other languages
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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