irisé

\i.ʁi.ze\

/\i.ʁi.ze\/ adj

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The verdict

“irisé” is uncommon French (frequency #94,934 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,934
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui présente les couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irise · irisé · French

irisé · rank #94,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,934
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inébranlables

Nearest frequency peer: inébranlables (-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 « irisé »

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 « irisé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for irisé
PropertyValue
Headwordirisé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ʁi.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#94,934
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « irisé » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « inébranlables » (#94,933), « irrémédiables » (#94,935), « involution » (#94,932). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « irisé » est au #94,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irisé is uncommon French at frequency #94,934 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ʁi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for irisé, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is irisé, spelled I-R-I-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui présente les couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un nuage coloré par réfraction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des teintes diverses, des nuances d'une extrême délicatesse en coloraient les parois glacées. On la voyait par longues places, tantôt irisée, tantôt jaspée, et partout niellée d'arabesques ou piquetée de paillettes lumineuses.

Synonyms

iridescentarc-en-céleste

This word in other languages

iridescent(English)irisado(Español)

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 "irisé"?
"irisé" is spelled I-R-I-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁi.ze\.
What does "irisé" mean?
As an adjective, "irisé" means: Qui présente les couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel.
How do you pronounce "irisé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irisé" is \i.ʁi.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irisé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "irisé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

junta#94,950karts#94,957kiang#94,963hélix#94,898

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list