irretrievably
"irretrievably" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“irretrievably” is uncommon English (frequency #68,328 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,328
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an irretrievable manner; irrecoverably.
Corpus desk
Index EN-irretrievably · irretrievably · English
irretrievably · rank #68,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,328
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Isola
Nearest frequency peer: Isola (+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 “irretrievably”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- internecine
internecine
31,677 corpus weight
- intertwine
intertwine
31,676 corpus weight
- irretrievab…
irretrievably
31,673 corpus weight
- Isola
Isola
31,672 corpus weight
- Jacko
Jacko
31,670 corpus weight
- jangle
jangle
31,669 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “irretrievably” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irretrievably |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #68,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “irretrievably” in English
Rare enough to double-check
irretrievably is uncommon English at frequency #68,328 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an irretrievable manner; irrecoverably.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for irretrievably, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From irretrievable + -ly. The correct English form is irretrievably, spelled I-R-R-E-T-R-I-E-V-A-B-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an irretrievable manner; irrecoverably.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irretrievably appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Old English seems, and remains, irretrievably distant[.]
Such comments needlessly and irretrievably polarize the collective and its neighbors.
Etymology
From irretrievable + -ly.
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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