Iraq
\i.ʁak\
The verdict
“Iraq” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,704
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pays du Moyen-Orient, situé au nord de la péninsule arabique. Il est bordé par la Turquie au nord, l’Iran au nord-est, le golfe Persique et le Koweït au sud-est, l’Arabie saoudite au sud, la Jordan...
Corpus desk
Index FR-iraq · Iraq · French
Iraq · rank #25,704 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,704
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH iraient
Nearest frequency peer: iraient (-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 « Iraq »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- intouchables
intouchables
74,302 corpus weight
- intox
intox
74,301 corpus weight
- iraient
iraient
74,298 corpus weight
- Iraq
Iraq
74,297 corpus weight
- jaser
jaser
74,295 corpus weight
- Jehan
Jehan
74,294 corpus weight
What this shows « Iraq » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Iraq |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.ʁak\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Iraq »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Iraq (IPA \i.ʁak\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,704 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pays du Moyen-Orient, situé au nord de la péninsule arabique. Il est bordé par la Turquie au nord, l’Iran au nord-est, le golfe Persique et le Koweït au sud-est, l’Arabie saoudite au sud, la Jordan...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Iraq, with forms such as "iarq", "iraqq", and "irqa". 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Iraq, spelled I-R-A-Q.
Definition
- 1Pays du Moyen-Orient, situé au nord de la péninsule arabique. Il est bordé par la Turquie au nord, l’Iran au nord-est, le golfe Persique et le Koweït au sud-est, l’Arabie saoudite au sud, la Jordanie au sud-ouest, et la Syrie à l’ouest, et dont la capitale est Bagdad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iarq
- iraqq
- irqa
- irraq
- riaq
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Iraq - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).