Republic of Ireland
/ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/
"republic-of-ireland" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Republic of Ireland” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Long form of Ireland: an island country in northwestern Europe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Republic of Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Republic of Ireland” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Republic of Ireland is 19 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Long form of Ireland: an island country in northwestern Europe.".
Republic of Ireland has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Republic of Ireland, spelled R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C- -O-F- -I-R-E-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Long form of Ireland: an island country in northwestern Europe.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C- -O-F- -I-R-E-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.