irresponsable

/\i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\/ adj

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,290

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

irresponsable is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui n’a pas à répondre de ses actes. Pronounced \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\. Often confused with irresponsables.

Key facts for irresponsable
PropertyValue
Headwordirresponsable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#14,290
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of irresponsable in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for irresponsable is 13 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,290 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for irresponsable, with forms such as "irersponsable", "iresponsable", and "irrepsonsable". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "irresponsables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is irresponsable, spelled I-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’a pas à répondre de ses actes.
  2. 2
    Qui n’assume pas ses responsabilités, qui cause du tort sans s’en inquiéter.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irersponsable,iresponsable,irrepsonsable,irresopnsable,irrespnosable,irresponasble,irresponnsable,irresponsabble,irresponsabel,irresponsablle,irresponsalbe,irresponsbale,irresponssable,irresposnable,irrespponsable,irressponsable,irrseponsable,riresponsable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for irresponsable

Misspelling Variants of "irresponsable"

irersponsable13iresponsable12irrepsonsable13irresopnsable13irrespnosable13irresponasble13irresponnsable14irresponsabble14
Misspelling Variants of "irresponsable"

Frequency rank: #14,290 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irresponsable"?
"irresponsable" is spelled I-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\.
What does "irresponsable" mean?
As an adj, "irresponsable" means: Qui n’a pas à répondre de ses actes.
What words are commonly confused with "irresponsable"?
"irresponsable" is commonly confused with "irresponsables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "irresponsable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irresponsable" is \i.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irresponsable" come from?
"irresponsable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.