ires
\iʁ\
The verdict
“ires” is uncommon French (frequency #75,806 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,806
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ires · ires · French
ires · rank #75,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,806
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH irrévocableme…
Nearest frequency peer: irrévocablement (+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 « ires »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- intérioriser
intérioriser
24,199 corpus weight
- investissait
investissait
24,198 corpus weight
- invitaient
invitaient
24,197 corpus weight
- ires
ires
24,195 corpus weight
- irrévocable…
irrévocablement
24,194 corpus weight
- islet
islet
24,192 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ires » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \iʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ires » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ires is uncommon French at frequency #75,806 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \iʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ires, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ires, spelled I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ires appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les rochers gris jetés sur la rive de façon organisée s’empilaient les uns sur les autres pour former une barrière naturelle contre les ires de la mer.
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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