irresponsabilité

\i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\

/\i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“irresponsabilité” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #28,215 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#28,215
frequency rank, French
16
letters
23
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est irresponsable.

Key facts for irresponsabilité
PropertyValue
Headwordirresponsabilité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\
Letters16
Frequency rank#28,215
Misspellings tracked23
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “irresponsabilité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). irresponsabilité lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for irresponsabilité is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,215 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for irresponsabilité, with forms such as "irersponsabilité", "iresponsabilité", and "irrepsonsabilité". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 irresponsabilité, spelled I-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est irresponsable.
  2. 2
    Dans les gouvernements parlementaires, doctrine, loi qui ôte toute responsabilité au souverain et la reporte tout entière sur ses ministres.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irersponsabilité,iresponsabilité,irrepsonsabilité,irresopnsabilité,irrespnosabilité,irresponasbilité,irresponnsabilité,irresponsabbilité,irresponsabiilté,irresponsabilite,irresponsabilitté,irresponsabiliét,irresponsabillité,irresponsabiltié,irresponsabliité,irresponsaiblité,irresponsbailité,irresponssabilité,irresposnabilité,irrespponsabilité,irressponsabilité,irrseponsabilité,riresponsabilité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irersponsabilité2iresponsabilité1irrepsonsabilité2irresopnsabilité2irrespnosabilité2irresponasbilité2irresponnsabilité1irresponsabbilité1
Edit distance from "irresponsabilité"

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 "irresponsabilité"?
"irresponsabilité" is spelled I-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\.
What does "irresponsabilité" mean?
As a noun, "irresponsabilité" means: Qualité de ce qui est irresponsable.
What are common misspellings of "irresponsabilité"?
Common misspellings include "irersponsabilité", "iresponsabilité", "irrepsonsabilité", "irresopnsabilité", "irrespnosabilité". The correct spelling is "irresponsabilité".
How do you pronounce "irresponsabilité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irresponsabilité" is \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irresponsabilité" come from?
"irresponsabilité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “irresponsabilité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list