irritation

\i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“irritation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,021
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réaction inflammatoire locale, souvent douloureuse, affectant un tissu ou un organe exposé à un agent irritant (chimique, physique ou infectieux).

Corpus desk

Index FR-irritation · irritation · French

irritation · rank #25,021 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,021
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Iowa

Nearest frequency peer: Iowa (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « irritation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « irritation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

irritation vs irritations
91% similar
irritation vs imitation
80% similar
irritation vs invitation
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for irritation
PropertyValue
Headwordirritation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,021
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « irritation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.irritationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Iowa » (#25,020), « irréguliers » (#25,022), « Isidore » (#25,023). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « irritation » est au #25,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around irritation (IPA \i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,021 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for irritation, with forms such as "irirtation", "iritation", and "irriattion". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "irritations", "imitation", "invitation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is irritation, spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réaction inflammatoire locale, souvent douloureuse, affectant un tissu ou un organe exposé à un agent irritant (chimique, physique ou infectieux).
  2. 2
    Action exercée par un stimulus irritant sur un tissu vivant, notamment les nerfs ou les muqueuses.
  3. 3
    Effet local, non corrosif, provoqué par un agent chimique sur un tissu vivant, se traduisant par une inflammation réversible.
  4. 4
    État émotionnel de tension ou d’agacement, mêlé d’impatience, pouvant évoluer vers la colère.
  5. 5
    Agitation ou exaspération collective dans un contexte social ou politique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’application de ce médicament sur la peau y détermine une irritation très vive. Ses nerfs sont dans une grande irritation.
  2. Son irritation fut très vive. J’ai tâché d’adoucir son irritation. Calmer l’irritation des esprits.

This word in other languages

irritation(English)irritación(Español)Hautausschlag(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irirtation
  • iritation
  • irriattion
  • irritaiton
  • irritatino
  • irritationn
  • irritatoin
  • irritattion
  • irrittaion
  • irrittation
  • irrtiation
  • riritation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irirtation2iritation1irriattion2irritaiton2irritatino2irritationn1irritatoin2irritattion1
Edit distance from "irritation"

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 "irritation"?
"irritation" is spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "irritation" mean?
As a noun, "irritation" means: Réaction inflammatoire locale, souvent douloureuse, affectant un tissu ou un organe exposé à un agent irritant (chimique, physique ou infectieux).
What words are commonly confused with "irritation"?
"irritation" is commonly confused with "irritations", "imitation", "invitation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "irritation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irritation" is \i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irritation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list