Irak

/[iˈɾak]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,317

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Irak is aSpanishname. It means: País de Asia, ubicado en el Medio Oriente. Limita al sur con Kuwait y Arabia Saudita, al oeste con Jordania, al noroeste con Siria, al norte con Turquía, al este con Irán y al sureste tiene una est... Pronounced [iˈɾak]. It ranks #6,317 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with IVA and isa.

Key facts for Irak
PropertyValue
HeadwordIrak
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[iˈɾak]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,317
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Irak in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Irak is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iˈɾak]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,317 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País de Asia, ubicado en el Medio Oriente. Limita al sur con Kuwait y Arabia Saudita, al oeste con Jordania, al noroeste con Siria, al norte con Turquía, al este con Irán y al sureste tiene una est...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Irak, with forms such as "iark", "irakk", and "irka". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "IVA", "isa", "ire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Irak, spelled I-R-A-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    País de Asia, ubicado en el Medio Oriente. Limita al sur con Kuwait y Arabia Saudita, al oeste con Jordania, al noroeste con Siria, al norte con Turquía, al este con Irán y al sureste tiene una estrecha salida al golfo Pérsico.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iark,irakk,irka,irrak,riak

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Irak

Misspelling Variants of "Irak"

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Misspelling Variants of "Irak"

Frequency rank: #6,317 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Irak"?
"Irak" is spelled I-R-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is [iˈɾak].
What does "Irak" mean?
As a name, "Irak" means: País de Asia, ubicado en el Medio Oriente. Limita al sur con Kuwait y Arabia Saudita, al oeste con Jordania, al noroeste con Siria, al norte con Turquía, al este con Irán y al sureste tiene una est...
What words are commonly confused with "Irak"?
"Irak" is commonly confused with "IVA", "isa", "ire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Irak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Irak" is [iˈɾak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Irak" come from?
"Irak" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.