iri

adv

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The verdict

“iri” is uncommon French (frequency #72,444 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,444
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Environ, vers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-iri · iri · French

iri · rank #72,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,444
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH iodé

Nearest frequency peer: iodé (-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 « iri »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « iri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for iri
PropertyValue
Headwordiri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters3
Frequency rank#72,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « iri » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).iritombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « iodé » (#72,443), « Isao » (#72,445), « invoquez » (#72,442). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « iri » est au #72,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

iri is uncommon French at frequency #72,444 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Environ, vers.".

Zero misspellings are on record for iri in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is iri, spelled I-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Environ, vers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. eguerdi iria, vers midi.

Synonyms

irian

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 "iri"?
"iri" is spelled I-R-I.
What does "iri" mean?
As an adverb, "iri" means: Environ, vers.
What language does "iri" come from?
"iri" 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 "iri", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jes#72,452lii#72,497GWh#72,386ged#72,355

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list