irrecevable

\i.ʁə.sə.vabl\

/\i.ʁə.sə.vabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“irrecevable” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,013. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,013
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être accepté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irrecevable · irrecevable · French

irrecevable · rank #36,013 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,013
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ireland

Nearest frequency peer: Ireland (-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 « irrecevable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « irrecevable » 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
Key facts for irrecevable
PropertyValue
Headwordirrecevable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ʁə.sə.vabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#36,013
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « irrecevable »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).irrecevablese 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 « Ireland » (#36,012), « irréductible » (#36,014), « ionique » (#36,011). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « irrecevable » est au #36,013. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around irrecevable (IPA \i.ʁə.sə.vabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,013 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for irrecevable, with forms such as "irecevable", "irercevable", and "irrceevable". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is irrecevable, spelled I-R-R-E-C-E-V-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut être accepté.
  2. 2
    Dénué de rapport avec l’objet des débats.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Proposition irrecevable.
  2. Le 1" octobre 1991, ce tribunal a jugé la plainte des demandeurs irrecevable, et les demandeurs se sont pourvus en cassation.

This word in other languages

unacceptable(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irecevable
  • irercevable
  • irrceevable
  • irreccevable
  • irreceavble
  • irrecevabble
  • irrecevabel
  • irrecevablle
  • irrecevalbe
  • irrecevbale
  • irrecevvable
  • irrecveable
  • irreecvable
  • rirecevable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of irrecevable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

irecevable1irercevable2irrceevable2irreccevable1irreceavble2irrecevabble1irrecevabel2irrecevablle1
Edit distance from "irrecevable"

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 "irrecevable"?
"irrecevable" is spelled I-R-R-E-C-E-V-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁə.sə.vabl\.
What does "irrecevable" mean?
As an adjective, "irrecevable" means: Qui ne peut être accepté.
What are common misspellings of "irrecevable"?
Common misspellings include "irecevable", "irercevable", "irrceevable", "irreccevable", "irreceavble". The correct spelling is "irrecevable".
How do you pronounce "irrecevable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irrecevable" is \i.ʁə.sə.vabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irrecevable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list