irregular

/[ireɣ̞uˈlaɾ]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,539

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

irregular is anSpanishadj. It means: Que no sigue la regla. Pronounced [ireɣ̞uˈlaɾ]. It ranks #8,539 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with irregulares.

Key facts for irregular
PropertyValue
Headwordirregular
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ireɣ̞uˈlaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,539
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for irregular is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ireɣ̞uˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,539 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for irregular, with forms such as "iregular", "irergular", and "irreggular". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "irregulares", 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 irregular, spelled I-R-R-E-G-U-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no sigue la regla.
  2. 2
    Que no está de acuerdo con ella.
  3. 3
    Que ya no ocurre comúnmente o usualmente sino que ocurre rara vez.
  4. 4
    Dícese del polígono o el poliedro que no son regulares.
  5. 5
    Aplícase a la palabra derivada, que no se ajusta en su formación a la regla general seguida por las de su clase.
  6. 6
    Dícese del verbo que se conjuga alterando ya sea las letras radicales de su infinitivo (poder-pude), las terminaciones propias de la conjugación regular o ambas (ser-fuimos).
  7. 7
    Dícese de las tropas que se reclutan transitoriamente, combaten y se organizan sin sujeción a reglamentos determinados u oficiales.
  8. 8
    Equinodermos equinoideos que, como el erizo de mar, tienen simetría bilateral, boca y ano recíprocamente excéntricos y sus partes radiales en forma de roseta.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iregular,irergular,irreggular,irregluar,irregualr,irregularr,irregullar,irregulra,irreuglar,irrgeular,riregular

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for irregular

Misspelling Variants of "irregular"

iregular8irergular9irreggular10irregluar9irregualr9irregularr10irregullar10irregulra9
Misspelling Variants of "irregular"

Frequency rank: #8,539 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irregular"?
"irregular" is spelled I-R-R-E-G-U-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ireɣ̞uˈlaɾ].
What does "irregular" mean?
As an adj, "irregular" means: Que no sigue la regla.
What words are commonly confused with "irregular"?
"irregular" is commonly confused with "irregulares". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "irregular"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irregular" is [ireɣ̞uˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irregular" come from?
"irregular" 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.