Irlande du Nord

\iʁ.lɑ̃d dy nɔʁ\

/\iʁ.lɑ̃d dy nɔʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Irlande du Nord” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Une des quatre parties du Royaume-Uni, située au nord de l’Irlande, la seule qui ne fasse pas partie de la Grande-Bretagne. Sa capitale est Belfast. Son code de subdivision ISO 3166-2 est NIR.

Key facts for Irlande du Nord
PropertyValue
HeadwordIrlande du Nord
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\iʁ.lɑ̃d dy nɔʁ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Irlande du Nord” sits in French frequency

Irlande du Nord falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Irlande du Nord is 15 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \iʁ.lɑ̃d dy nɔʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Une des quatre parties du Royaume-Uni, située au nord de l’Irlande, la seule qui ne fasse pas partie de la Grande-Bretagne. Sa capitale est Belfast. Son code de subdivision ISO 3166-2 est NIR.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Irlande du Nord in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Irlande du Nord, spelled I-R-L-A-N-D-E- -D-U- -N-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Une des quatre parties du Royaume-Uni, située au nord de l’Irlande, la seule qui ne fasse pas partie de la Grande-Bretagne. Sa capitale est Belfast. Son code de subdivision ISO 3166-2 est NIR.

Synonyms

Ulster

This word in other languages

Northern Ireland(English)Irlanda del Norte(Español)Nordirland(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Irlande du Nord"?
"Irlande du Nord" is spelled I-R-L-A-N-D-E- -D-U- -N-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \iʁ.lɑ̃d dy nɔʁ\.
What does "Irlande du Nord" mean?
As a proper noun, "Irlande du Nord" means: Une des quatre parties du Royaume-Uni, située au nord de l’Irlande, la seule qui ne fasse pas partie de la Grande-Bretagne. Sa capitale est Belfast. Son code de subdivision ISO 3166-2 est NIR.
How do you pronounce "Irlande du Nord"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Irlande du Nord" is \iʁ.lɑ̃d dy nɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Irlande du Nord" come from?
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Using “Irlande du Nord”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-R-L-A-N-D-E- -D-U- -N-O-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \iʁ.lɑ̃d dy nɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list