ira
[ˈiɾa]
The verdict
“ira” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,854) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #3,854
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfado o enojo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ira · ira · Spanish
ira · rank #3,854 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,854
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH inmediata
Nearest frequency peer: inmediata (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ira”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- héroes
héroes
96,150 corpus weight
- incluidos
incluidos
96,149 corpus weight
- inmediata
inmediata
96,148 corpus weight
- ira
ira
96,147 corpus weight
- Jean
Jean
96,146 corpus weight
- juvenil
juvenil
96,145 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ira” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ira |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈiɾa] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #3,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ira” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ira is neighbouring look-alikes ("is", "it", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈiɾa]. Frequency #3,854 among 3,428 “I” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ira, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "is", "it", "ix", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ira, spelled I-R-A.
Definition
- 1Enfado o enojo.
- 2Deseos de venganza.
- 3Furia.
- 4Uno de los siete pecados capitales que proclama la Iglesia católica.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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.