irritantes

\i.ʁi.tɑ̃t\

/\i.ʁi.tɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“irritantes” is uncommon French (frequency #83,059 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,059
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de irritant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irritantes · irritantes · French

irritantes · rank #83,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,059
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ionisé

Nearest frequency peer: ionisé (-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 « irritantes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « irritantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for irritantes
PropertyValue
Headwordirritantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ʁi.tɑ̃t\
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,059
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « irritantes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).irritantestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ionisé » (#83,058), « isolantes » (#83,060), « Ionie » (#83,057). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « irritantes » est au #83,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irritantes is uncommon French at frequency #83,059 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ʁi.tɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de irritant.".

Zero misspellings are on record for irritantes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is irritantes, spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de irritant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. les matières fécales sont aussi plus alcalines, plus irritantes et plus propres à faire naître le besoin d’uriner et de défécer.

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 "irritantes"?
"irritantes" is spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁi.tɑ̃t\.
What does "irritantes" mean?
As an adjective, "irritantes" means: Féminin pluriel de irritant.
How do you pronounce "irritantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irritantes" is \i.ʁi.tɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "irritantes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list