irrépressible

\i.ʁe.pʁe.sibl\

/\i.ʁe.pʁe.sibl\/ adj

The verdict

“irrépressible” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,685. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,685
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on ne peut réprimer ou contenir, irrésistible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irrepressible · irrépressible · French

irrépressible · rank #45,685 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,685
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH irrécupérable

Nearest frequency peer: irrécupérable (-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 « irrépressible »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « irrépressible » 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 irrépressible
PropertyValue
Headwordirrépressible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ʁe.pʁe.sibl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#45,685
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « irrépressible »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).irrépressiblese 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 « irrécupérable » (#45,684), « Iouri » (#45,683), « inéluctablement » (#45,682). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « irrépressible » est au #45,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around irrépressible (IPA \i.ʁe.pʁe.sibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,685 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qu’on ne peut réprimer ou contenir, irrésistible.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for irrépressible, with forms such as "irrepressible", "irrpéressible", and "irréperssible". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 irrépressible, spelled I-R-R-É-P-R-E-S-S-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qu’on ne peut réprimer ou contenir, irrésistible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand on assistait à une comédie d’Eugène Labiche, c’était le même rire irrépressible.
  2. L’irrépressible Rolf proposa d’aller souper à trois dans une taverne de Richmond où l’on trouvait de bonnes huîtres.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irrepressible
  • irrpéressible
  • irréperssible
  • irréppressible
  • irrépresible
  • irrépresisble
  • irrépressbile
  • irrépressibble
  • irrépressibel
  • irrépressiblle
  • irrépressilbe
  • irréprressible
  • irréprsesible
  • irrérpessible
  • irépressible
  • irérpressible
  • rirépressible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irrepressible1irrpéressible2irréperssible2irréppressible1irrépresible1irrépresisble2irrépressbile2irrépressibble1
Edit distance from "irrépressible"

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 "irrépressible"?
"irrépressible" is spelled I-R-R-É-P-R-E-S-S-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁe.pʁe.sibl\.
What does "irrépressible" mean?
As an adjective, "irrépressible" means: Qu’on ne peut réprimer ou contenir, irrésistible.
What are common misspellings of "irrépressible"?
Common misspellings include "irrepressible", "irrpéressible", "irréperssible", "irréppressible", "irrépresible". The correct spelling is "irrépressible".
How do you pronounce "irrépressible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irrépressible" is \i.ʁe.pʁe.sibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irrépressible" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list