irrévérence
\i.ʁe.ve.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“irrévérence” is uncommon French (frequency #71,622 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,622
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manque de révérence, de respect.
Corpus desk
Index FR-irreverence · irrévérence · French
irrévérence · rank #71,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,622
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH irréalisables
Nearest frequency peer: irréalisables (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « irrévérence »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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28,380 corpus weight
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28,379 corpus weight
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28,378 corpus weight
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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « irrévérence » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irrévérence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ʁe.ve.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « irrévérence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
irrévérence is uncommon French at frequency #71,622 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ʁe.ve.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manque de révérence, de respect.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for irrévérence, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is irrévérence, spelled I-R-R-É-V-É-R-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Manque de révérence, de respect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irrévérence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tel s’est ému de l’irrévérence de ce jeune homme qui vient traiter de grotesque la candidature de M. Labiche à l’Académie candidature patronnée par MM. Augier et Legouvé, des gens si sérieux, qui, rentré chez lui et désétourdi du bruit fait par des amis complaisants, s’avouera que l’idée était bouffonne et que l’auteur du Chapeau de paille d’Italie n’a pa…
Les irrévérences de Modeste envers son père, les libertés excessives qu’elle prenait avec lui ; […], semblaient être l’effet d’un caractère fantasque et d’une gaîté tolérée dès l’enfance.
This word in other languages
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.
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