irréparables
\i(ʁ).ʁe.pa.ʁabl\
The verdict
“irréparables” is uncommon French (frequency #52,765 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,765
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de irréparable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-irreparables · irréparables · French
irréparables · rank #52,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,765
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH Isabeau
Nearest frequency peer: Isabeau (+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 « irréparables »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- intituler
intituler
47,240 corpus weight
- intolérante
intolérante
47,239 corpus weight
- investissez
investissez
47,238 corpus weight
- irréparables
irréparables
47,236 corpus weight
- Isabeau
Isabeau
47,235 corpus weight
- itou
itou
47,234 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « irréparables » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irréparables |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i(ʁ).ʁe.pa.ʁabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « irréparables » en français
Rare enough to double-check
irréparables is uncommon French at frequency #52,765 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i(ʁ).ʁe.pa.ʁabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de irréparable.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for irréparables, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is irréparables, spelled I-R-R-É-P-A-R-A-B-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de irréparable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how irréparables appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les avions Torpedo britanniques avaient lâché sur les pistes d’envol irakiennes des bombes en grappes qui martelaient le béton, créant des cratères, en théorie irréparables, car parsemés de mines.
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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