Irlanda
[iɾˈlãn̪d̪a]
The verdict
“Irlanda” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,916 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #6,916
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Isla al oeste de la Gran Bretaña, que junto con ella y otras islas menores forma el archipiélago de las islas británicas. En ella se encuentran asentados los países de Irlanda₂ e Irlanda del Norte ...
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 | Irlanda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [iɾˈlãn̪d̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Irlanda” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Irlanda is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iɾˈlãn̪d̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,916 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Irlanda, with forms such as "ilranda", "iralnda", and "irladna". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Island", "islands", "Islandia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Irlanda, spelled I-R-L-A-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1Isla al oeste de la Gran Bretaña, que junto con ella y otras islas menores forma el archipiélago de las islas británicas. En ella se encuentran asentados los países de Irlanda₂ e Irlanda del Norte (parte de Reino Unido, ubicada en el noreste de la isla).
- 2País del noroeste de Europa, ubicado en la isla del mismo nombre. Forma parte de la Unión Europea. Limita con el océano Atlántico, Irlanda del Norte y el mar de Irlanda.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilranda,iralnda,irladna,irlanad,irlandda,irlannda,irllanda,irlnada,irrlanda,rilanda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Irlanda - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Irlanda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-R-L-A-N-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [iɾˈlãn̪d̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Island” - see the side-by-side comparison. Irlanda vs Island
- 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.