irascible
[iɾaˈsiβ̞le]
The verdict
“irascible” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,718 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,718
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propenso a la ira.
Corpus desk
Index ES-irascible · irascible · Spanish
irascible · rank #64,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,718
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH Iribarren
Nearest frequency peer: Iribarren (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “irascible”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- intimar
intimar
35,286 corpus weight
- irascible
irascible
35,283 corpus weight
- Iribarren
Iribarren
35,282 corpus weight
- iscariote
iscariote
35,281 corpus weight
- jaqueca
jaqueca
35,280 corpus weight
- jarocho
jarocho
35,279 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “irascible” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irascible |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [iɾaˈsiβ̞le] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “irascible” en español
Rare enough to double-check
irascible is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,718 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [iɾaˈsiβ̞le]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for irascible, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is irascible, spelled I-R-A-S-C-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Propenso a la ira.
- 2Que se enoja o enfada con facilidad.
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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