irritation
/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/noun
irritation is spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, irritation means “The act of irritating or annoying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of irritation is irritations.
How many letters and syllables are in irritation?
| Letters | 10: I-R-R-I-T-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is irritation?
Irritation appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 irritation?
- UK /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌɪɹ.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
Irritation has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-irritation.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-irritation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with irritation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as irritation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of irritation
- irritations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does irritation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of irritating or annoying.
What irritation causes you to be so moody?
- 2
The state of being irritated.
- 3
A thing or person that annoys.
- 4
A state of inflammation or of painful reaction to cell or tissue damage.
- 5
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Irritation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of irritating:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | irritation |
| German | Ärger, Irritation, Verärgerung, Reizung |
| Spanish | irritación |
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 irritation come from?
Borrowed from Middle French irritation, from Latin irrītātiō, from irrītāre (“to excite”). By surface analysis, irritate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).