iru
"iru" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“iru” is uncommon English (frequency #67,542 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,542
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.
Corpus desk
Index EN-iru · iru · English
iru · rank #67,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,542
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH irascible
Nearest frequency peer: irascible (-2 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 “iru”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- irascible
irascible
32,461 corpus weight
- iru
iru
32,459 corpus weight
- iwa
iwa
32,457 corpus weight
- izzard
izzard
32,456 corpus weight
- Jacinta
Jacinta
32,455 corpus weight
- jacketed
jacketed
32,454 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “iru” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iru |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #67,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “iru” in English
Rare enough to double-check
iru is uncommon English at frequency #67,542 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for iru, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yoruba irú. The correct English form is iru, spelled I-R-U.
Definition
- 1A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.
Etymology
From Yoruba irú.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).