irrespectable

\i(ʁ).ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\

/\i(ʁ).ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\/ adj

The verdict

“irrespectable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-irrespectable · irrespectable · French

irrespectable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for irrespectable
PropertyValue
Headwordirrespectable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i(ʁ).ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « irrespectable » en français

irrespectablereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irrespectable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i(ʁ).ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qu’on ne peut respecter.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for irrespectable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is irrespectable, spelled I-R-R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qu’on ne peut respecter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jamais la police prussienne en France, jamais les reptiles n’ont été plus occupés […]. A Paris, la commande de surveillance, d’excitation, de fausses nouvelles, est si grosse, que le bataillon de reptiles a été augmenté de moitié, malgré le chiffre irrespectable auquel il était parvenu depuis deux ans.
  2. […] mais se laisser aller paresseusement à la voile pouvant procurer un plaisir, est considéré comme outrageant gravement le Seigneur, par conséquent répréhensible, choquant et irrespectable au plus haut chef.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irrespectable"?
"irrespectable" is spelled I-R-R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i(ʁ).ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\.
What does "irrespectable" mean?
As an adjective, "irrespectable" means: Qu’on ne peut respecter.
How do you pronounce "irrespectable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irrespectable" is \i(ʁ).ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irrespectable" come from?
"irrespectable" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list