Irlande

Name: Irlande, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\iʁ.lɑ̃d\

/\iʁ.lɑ̃d\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Irlande” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,341
frequency rank, French: 3,561
“I” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île située à l’ouest de la Grande-Bretagne, au nord-ouest de l’Europe, et qui est composée de la République d’Irlande et de l’Irlande du Nord.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irlande · Irlande · French

Irlande · rank #4,341 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,341
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,561
PHOTO-FINISH intentions

Nearest frequency peer: intentions (-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.

inférieure

95,663
inspecteur

95,662
intentions

95,661
Irlande

95,660
italiens

95,659
jardins

95,658

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Irlande vs island

57% similar

Irlande vs Islande

86% similar

Irlande vs islands

57% similar

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

Key facts for Irlande
Property	Value
Headword	Irlande
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\iʁ.lɑ̃d\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#4,341
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Irlande »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Irlandese place ici:

#4,341

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intentions » (#4,340), « italiens » (#4,342), « inspecteur » (#4,339). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Irlande » est au #4,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Irlande (IPA \iʁ.lɑ̃d\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,341 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Irlande, with forms such as "ilrande", "iralnde", and "irladne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "island", "Islande", "islands", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Irlande, spelled I-R-L-A-N-D-E.

Definition

1
Île située à l’ouest de la Grande-Bretagne, au nord-ouest de l’Europe, et qui est composée de la République d’Irlande et de l’Irlande du Nord.
2
Chacune des deux parties géopolitiques de cette île : République d’Irlande et Irlande du Nord.
3
Pays occupant la majeure partie de l’île d’Irlande, la République d’Irlande.
4
Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC des Appalaches.
5
Type de dentelle (« dentelle d’Irlande »).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Après Prévost, il faudra attendre près de 50 ans encore et traverser les terribles famines d’Irlande pour que l’on reconnaisse enfin de façon irréfutable que les champignons vivants peuvent être la cause de maladies chez les végétaux.
Au point de vue économique, une entente entre les deux Irlandes semble nécessaire ; est-elle réalisable ?

Synonyms

île d’émeraudeEire Érin République d’Irlande

This word in other languages

Ireland(English)Irlanda(Español)Irland(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ilrande
iralnde
irladne
irlandde
irlaned
irlannde
irllande
irlnade
irrlande
rilande

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Irlande - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Irlande"

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 "Irlande"?

"Irlande" is spelled I-R-L-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \iʁ.lɑ̃d\.

What does "Irlande" mean?

As a proper noun, "Irlande" means: Île située à l’ouest de la Grande-Bretagne, au nord-ouest de l’Europe, et qui est composée de la République d’Irlande et de l’Irlande du Nord.

What words are commonly confused with "Irlande"?

"Irlande" is commonly confused with "island", "Islande", "islands". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Irlande"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Irlande" is \iʁ.lɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Irlande" come from?

"Irlande" 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 "Irlande", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jardins#4,343 forfait#4,333 fatigue#4,332 négatif#4,357

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

effectif10 variants ouverts10 variants bonsoir10 variants restait10 variants