Irak
[iˈɾak]
The verdict
“Irak” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,317 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #6,317
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
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 | Irak |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [iˈɾak] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Irak” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Irak is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Irak, with forms such as "iark", "irakk", and "irka". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Irak, spelled I-R-A-K.
Definition
- 1País 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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iark,irakk,irka,irrak,riak
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Irak - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Irak”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-R-A-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [iˈɾak] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “IVA” - see the side-by-side comparison. Irak vs IVA
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.