irritent

\i.ʁit\

/\i.ʁit\/ verb

The verdict

“irritent” is uncommon French (frequency #65,237 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,237
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de irriter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-irritent · irritent · French

irritent · rank #65,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,237
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH irréfléchie

Nearest frequency peer: irréfléchie (+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 « irritent »

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 « irritent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for irritent
PropertyValue
Headwordirritent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.ʁit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « irritent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).irritenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « irréfléchie » (#65,238), « inépuisables » (#65,235), « intégrations » (#65,234). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « irritent » est au #65,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

irritent is uncommon French at frequency #65,237 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \i.ʁit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

irritent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is irritent, spelled I-R-R-I-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de irriter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de irriter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quel est le persécuteur ? C’est celui dont l’orgueil blessé et le fanatisme en fureur irritent le prince ou les magistrats contre des hommes innocents, qui n’ont d’autre crime que de n’être pas de son avis.

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 "irritent"?
"irritent" is spelled I-R-R-I-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ʁit\.
What does "irritent" mean?
As a verb, "irritent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de irriter.
How do you pronounce "irritent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irritent" is \i.ʁit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irritent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list