Irena
\i.ˈrẽː.na\
The verdict
“Irena” is uncommon French (frequency #63,097 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,097
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom breton correspondant à Irène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-irena · Irena · French
Irena · rank #63,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,097
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH ionienne
Nearest frequency peer: ionienne (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Irena »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inutilisé
inutilisé
36,907 corpus weight
- inéquitable
inéquitable
36,906 corpus weight
- ionienne
ionienne
36,905 corpus weight
- Irena
Irena
36,904 corpus weight
- iriez
iriez
36,903 corpus weight
- irradie
irradie
36,902 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Irena » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irena |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \i.ˈrẽː.na\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Irena » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Irena is uncommon French at frequency #63,097 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \i.ˈrẽː.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom breton correspondant à Irène.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Irena, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Irena, spelled I-R-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom breton correspondant à Irène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Irena appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ar zant-ma a ioa ganet e Spagn, hag a deuaz da Rom asambles gant he dad hag he cʼhoar Irena.
[…] er vro-se end-eeun e tleemp kavout Irena, skolaerez e Diwan, hag hi ivez kembraegerez eus an dibab, bet o studiañ ar yezh war an dachenn.
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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