irresponsabilité pénale
\i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te pe.nal\
The verdict
“irresponsabilité pénale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fait de ne pas être condamné bien que reconnu coupable, du fait d’une absence de discernement ou de la présence de troubles psychiatriques au moment des faits.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irresponsabilité pénale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te pe.nal\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “irresponsabilité pénale” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
irresponsabilité pénale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te pe.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de ne pas être condamné bien que reconnu coupable, du fait d’une absence de discernement ou de la présence de troubles psychiatriques au moment des faits.".
Zero misspellings are on record for irresponsabilité pénale in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is irresponsabilité pénale, spelled I-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-T-É- -P-É-N-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Fait de ne pas être condamné bien que reconnu coupable, du fait d’une absence de discernement ou de la présence de troubles psychiatriques au moment des faits.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is I-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-T-É- -P-É-N-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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