Irak

\i.ʁak\

/\i.ʁak\/ name

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The verdict

“Irak” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,244
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Iraq.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irak · Irak · French

Irak · rank #4,244 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,244
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incident

Nearest frequency peer: incident (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Irak »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Irak » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Irak vs IRL
25% similar
Irak vs IRM
25% similar
Irak vs ire
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Irak
PropertyValue
HeadwordIrak
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\i.ʁak\
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,244
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Irak »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Irakse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « incident » (#4,243), « jules » (#4,245), « Hugo » (#4,242). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Irak » est au #4,244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Irak (IPA \i.ʁak\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,244 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de Iraq.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Irak, with forms such as "iark", "irakk", and "irka". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "IRL", "IRM", "ire", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Irak, spelled I-R-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de Iraq.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Irak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est surtout la Turquie d’Asie qui fournit les meilleures laines, et principalement la province de l’Irak.
  2. Un anneau composé de soluble dans la pyridine pour 64 % en poids, de silice (sable, diatomées, foraminifères) pour 18 % et de sulfate de calcium pour 12 %, et datant de 3500 avant J. C. a été découvert à Ur en Irak du Sud.

Synonyms

Mésopotamiepays des deux fleuvesRépublique d’IrakRépublique d’Iraq

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 - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iark2irakk1irka2irrak1riak2
Edit distance from "Irak"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Irak"?
"Irak" is spelled I-R-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁak\.
What does "Irak" mean?
As a proper noun, "Irak" means: Variante de Iraq.
What words are commonly confused with "Irak"?
"Irak" is commonly confused with "IRL", "IRM", "ire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Irak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Irak" is \i.ʁak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Irak" come from?
"Irak" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hugo#4,242Mary#4,251baie#4,209rive#4,282

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

tissu5 variantstime5 variantsbite5 variantshaha5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list