irréligieux
\i.ʁe.li.ʒjø\
The verdict
“irréligieux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas religieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-irreligieux · irréligieux · French
irréligieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irréligieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.ʁe.li.ʒjø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
irréligieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ʁe.li.ʒjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for irréligieux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is irréligieux, spelled I-R-R-É-L-I-G-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas religieux.
- 2Qui n’a pas trait à la religion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irréligieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Marquise.– Je m’accuse de mouvements de colère, de doutes irréligieux et injurieux pour notre saint-père le pape.
Elle comptait que la France, témoin attristé des méfaits d’un gouvernement sectaire, saisirait avec empressement l’occasion de lui signifier qu’elle en avait assez de sa politique irréligieuse et qu’elle allait châtier par son bulletin de vote les attentats journellement perpétrés contre le Dieu de ses pères.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.