irréfléchi
\i.ʁe.fle.ʃi\
The verdict
“irréfléchi” is uncommon French (frequency #63,100 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,100
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est dit ou fait sans réflexion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-irreflechi · irréfléchi · French
irréfléchi · rank #63,100 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,100
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH irradie
Nearest frequency peer: irradie (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « irréfléchi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Irena
Irena
36,904 corpus weight
- iriez
iriez
36,903 corpus weight
- irradie
irradie
36,902 corpus weight
- irréfléchi
irréfléchi
36,901 corpus weight
- ischémie
ischémie
36,899 corpus weight
- isotopique
isotopique
36,898 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « irréfléchi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irréfléchi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.ʁe.fle.ʃi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « irréfléchi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
irréfléchi is uncommon French at frequency #63,100 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ʁe.fle.ʃi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for irréfléchi, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is irréfléchi, spelled I-R-R-É-F-L-É-C-H-I.
Definition
- 1Qui est dit ou fait sans réflexion.
- 2Qui parle ou agit sans réfléchir suffisamment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irréfléchi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un propos irréfléchi. - Des actions irréfléchies.
L’Atelier, autre journal rédigé par des ouvriers, conjure ses frères d’arrêter le mouvement irréfléchi qui les portait, dans le premier moment, à briser les machines.
This word in other languages
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.
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