ironise

\i.ʁɔ.niz\

/\i.ʁɔ.niz\/ verb

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The verdict

“ironise” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,845
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ironiser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ironise · ironise · French

ironise · rank #41,845 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,845
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH interopérabil…

Nearest frequency peer: interopérabilité (-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 « ironise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ironise » 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).

ironise vs irons
71% similar
ironise vs Ironie
71% similar
ironise vs ironique
75% similar

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

Key facts for ironise
PropertyValue
Headwordironise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.ʁɔ.niz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,845
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ironise »

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

#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 « interopérabilité » (#41,844), « isola » (#41,846), « intermède » (#41,843). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ironise » est au #41,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ironise (IPA \i.ʁɔ.niz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,845 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ironise, with forms such as "iornise", "irnoise", and "iroinse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "irons", "Ironie", "ironique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ironise, spelled I-R-O-N-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ironiser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ironiser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ironiser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ironiser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de ironiser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Autre cible adjacente de la logique analytique, les taxinomies abstraites, géométriques : la science comme « nomenclature » que dénonce La Peau de chagrin ; la science comme produisant un immense cimetière en ordre que dénonce Musset, tandis que le Balzac de Ferragus ironise, en écho, sur la mort « administrationalisée » par le concierge du Père-Lachaise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iornise
  • irnoise
  • iroinse
  • ironies
  • ironisse
  • ironnise
  • ironsie
  • irronise
  • rionise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ironise - 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.

iornise2irnoise2iroinse2ironies2ironisse1ironnise1ironsie2irronise1
Edit distance from "ironise"

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 "ironise"?
"ironise" is spelled I-R-O-N-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁɔ.niz\.
What does "ironise" mean?
As a verb, "ironise" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ironiser.
What words are commonly confused with "ironise"?
"ironise" is commonly confused with "irons", "Ironie", "ironique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ironise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ironise" is \i.ʁɔ.niz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ironise" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

jacents#41,849knights#41,855Laponie#41,863hindoue#41,824

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

immorale9 variantshouiller9 variantslavant9 variantshaddock9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list