irrésistible

\i.ʁe.zis.tibl\

/\i.ʁe.zis.tibl\/ adj

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The verdict

“irrésistible” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,819
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À quoi l’on ne peut résister.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irresistible · irrésistible · French

irrésistible · rank #13,819 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,819
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH invisibles

Nearest frequency peer: invisibles (-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 « irrésistible »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « irrésistible » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

irrésistible vs irrésistibles
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for irrésistible
PropertyValue
Headwordirrésistible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ʁe.zis.tibl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#13,819
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « irrésistible »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.irrésistiblese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « invisibles » (#13,818), « inversion » (#13,817), « jenny » (#13,821). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « irrésistible » est au #13,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around irrésistible (IPA \i.ʁe.zis.tibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,819 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "À quoi l’on ne peut résister.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for irrésistible, with forms such as "irresistible", "irrséistible", and "irréisstible". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "irrésistibles", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is irrésistible, spelled I-R-R-É-S-I-S-T-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    À quoi l’on ne peut résister.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toi et moi, nous ne sommes que les instruments aveugles d’une fatalité irrésistible qui nous entraîne comme deux vaisseaux poussés l’un vers l’autre par la tempête, qui se heurtent, se brisent et périssent.
  2. Si l'on parle, le moindre mot possède une irrésistible puissance.

Antonyms

résistible

This word in other languages

irresistible(English)irresistible(Español)unwiderstehlich(Deutsch)irresistível(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irresistible
  • irrséistible
  • irréisstible
  • irrésisitble
  • irrésisstible
  • irrésistbile
  • irrésistibble
  • irrésistibel
  • irrésistiblle
  • irrésistilbe
  • irrésisttible
  • irrésitsible
  • irréssistible
  • irréssitible
  • irérsistible
  • irésistible
  • rirésistible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irresistible1irrséistible2irréisstible2irrésisitble2irrésisstible1irrésistbile2irrésistibble1irrésistibel2
Edit distance from "irrésistible"

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 "irrésistible"?
"irrésistible" is spelled I-R-R-É-S-I-S-T-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁe.zis.tibl\.
What does "irrésistible" mean?
As an adjective, "irrésistible" means: À quoi l’on ne peut résister.
What words are commonly confused with "irrésistible"?
"irrésistible" is commonly confused with "irrésistibles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "irrésistible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irrésistible" is \i.ʁe.zis.tibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irrésistible" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

législateur17 variantsgénéralités17 variantsgymnastique17 variantsgestionnaires17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list