irascibilité

\i.ʁa.si.bi.li.te\

/\i.ʁa.si.bi.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“irascibilité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défaut d’une personne irascible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irascibilite · irascibilité · French

irascibilité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for irascibilité
PropertyValue
Headwordirascibilité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ʁa.si.bi.li.te\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « irascibilité » en français

irascibilitén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irascibilité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ʁa.si.bi.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Défaut d’une personne irascible.".

No misspelling variants are generated for irascibilité in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is irascibilité, spelled I-R-A-S-C-I-B-I-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Défaut d’une personne irascible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sa maladie le rend d’une grande irascibilité.
  2. L’irascibilité ne s’attache pas à un objet ni à une situation spécifique.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irascibilité"?
"irascibilité" is spelled I-R-A-S-C-I-B-I-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁa.si.bi.li.te\.
What does "irascibilité" mean?
As a noun, "irascibilité" means: Défaut d’une personne irascible.
How do you pronounce "irascibilité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irascibilité" is \i.ʁa.si.bi.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irascibilité" come from?
"irascibilité" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list