Irkutsk

[iɾˈkuk͡ǀ]

/[iɾˈkuk͡ǀ]/ name

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The verdict

“Irkutsk” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,410 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,410
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - es una ciudad de Rusia. Capital de la provincia homónima, situada en la orilla derecha del río Angara, a 80 km de la orilla suroccidental del lago Baikal. Debe su importancia a la proximidad de Chi...

Corpus desk

Index ES-irkutsk · Irkutsk · Spanish

Irkutsk · rank #62,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,410
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH irritan

Nearest frequency peer: irritan (+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 “Irkutsk”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Irkutsk” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Irkutsk
PropertyValue
HeadwordIrkutsk
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[iɾˈkuk͡ǀ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,410
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Irkutsk” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Irkutsk lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Irkutsk is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,410 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [iɾˈkuk͡ǀ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es una ciudad de Rusia. Capital de la provincia homónima, situada en la orilla derecha del río Angara, a 80 km de la orilla suroccidental del lago Baikal. Debe su importancia a la proximidad de Chi...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Irkutsk, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Irkutsk, spelled I-R-K-U-T-S-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    es una ciudad de Rusia. Capital de la provincia homónima, situada en la orilla derecha del río Angara, a 80 km de la orilla suroccidental del lago Baikal. Debe su importancia a la proximidad de China y Mongolia y es de paso obligado hacia las zonas auríferas del Lena. Estación del ferrocarril Transiberiano. Centro de recolección de las pieles de la taiga siberiana. Industria de la madera, alimentación, química, mecánica, del calzado. Universidad. Aeropuerto.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Irkutsk"?
"Irkutsk" is spelled I-R-K-U-T-S-K. The IPA pronunciation is [iɾˈkuk͡ǀ].
What does "Irkutsk" mean?
As a proper noun, "Irkutsk" means: es una ciudad de Rusia. Capital de la provincia homónima, situada en la orilla derecha del río Angara, a 80 km de la orilla suroccidental del lago Baikal. Debe su importancia a la proximidad de Chi...
How do you pronounce "Irkutsk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Irkutsk" is [iɾˈkuk͡ǀ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Irkutsk" come from?
"Irkutsk" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Irkutsk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

irritan#62,411Jonatan#62,416indiano#62,395humores#62,382

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list