irreverence
"irreverence" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“irreverence” is uncommon English (frequency #69,145 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,145
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.
Corpus desk
Index EN-irreverence · irreverence · English
irreverence · rank #69,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,145
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH irie
Nearest frequency peer: irie (-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 “irreverence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- intentional…
intentionality
30,862 corpus weight
- inwood
inwood
30,858 corpus weight
- irie
irie
30,857 corpus weight
- irreverence
irreverence
30,856 corpus weight
- issei
issei
30,854 corpus weight
- jambalaya
jambalaya
30,852 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “irreverence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irreverence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “irreverence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
irreverence is uncommon English at frequency #69,145 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.".
Zero misspellings are on record for irreverence in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English irreverence, from Latin irreverentia, from irreverēns (“irreverent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, ir- + reverence. The correct English form is irreverence, spelled I-R-R-E-V-E-R-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.
Etymology
From Middle English irreverence, from Latin irreverentia, from irreverēns (“irreverent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, ir- + reverence.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).