irlandais

\iʁ.lɑ̃.dɛ\

/\iʁ.lɑ̃.dɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“irlandais” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,623. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,623
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’Irlande ou aux Irlandais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irlandais · irlandais · French

irlandais · rank #6,623 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,623
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intégrité

Nearest frequency peer: intégrité (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « irlandais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « irlandais » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

irlandais vs islandais
89% similar
irlandais vs irlandaise
90% similar
irlandais vs islandaise
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for irlandais
PropertyValue
Headwordirlandais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\iʁ.lɑ̃.dɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,623
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « irlandais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.irlandaisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intégrité » (#6,622), « juré » (#6,624), « humide » (#6,621). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « irlandais » est au #6,623. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around irlandais (IPA \iʁ.lɑ̃.dɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,623 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif à l’Irlande ou aux Irlandais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for irlandais, with forms such as "ilrandais", "iralndais", and "irladnais". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "islandais", "irlandaise", "islandaise", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is irlandais, spelled I-R-L-A-N-D-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’Irlande ou aux Irlandais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un jour que Jacques II donna en don à la Vierge d’une chapelle catholique irlandaise une lampe d’or massif, Ursus, qui passait par là, avec Homo, plus indifférent, éclata en admiration devant tout le peuple, et s’écria : « Il est certain que la sainte Vierge a bien plus besoin d’une lampe d’or que les petits enfants que voilà pieds nus n’ont besoin de sou…
  2. Seule à une table de la buvette principale, dans la demi-pénombre, était assise une fille qui portait elle aussi un blouson de cuir noir. Une rousse au nez irlandais, retroussé du bout.

This word in other languages

Irish(English)irlandés(Español)irisch(Deutsch)irlandês(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilrandais
  • iralndais
  • irladnais
  • irlanadis
  • irlandaiss
  • irlandasi
  • irlanddais
  • irlandias
  • irlanndais
  • irllandais
  • irlnadais
  • irrlandais
  • rilandais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of irlandais - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ilrandais2iralndais2irladnais2irlanadis2irlandaiss1irlandasi2irlanddais1irlandias2
Edit distance from "irlandais"

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 "irlandais"?
"irlandais" is spelled I-R-L-A-N-D-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \iʁ.lɑ̃.dɛ\.
What does "irlandais" mean?
As an adjective, "irlandais" means: Relatif à l’Irlande ou aux Irlandais.
What words are commonly confused with "irlandais"?
"irlandais" is commonly confused with "islandais", "irlandaise", "islandaise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "irlandais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irlandais" is \iʁ.lɑ̃.dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irlandais" come from?
"irlandais" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intégrité#6,622garanties#6,619emprunter#6,612opposants#6,635

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

développée13 variantsdépenser13 variantsdélicieux13 variantspharmacie13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list