Irun
The verdict
“Irun” is uncommon French (frequency #98,106 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,106
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune du Pays basque espagnol située dans la province de Guipuscoa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #98,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Irun” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Irun is uncommon French at frequency #98,106 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune du Pays basque espagnol située dans la province de Guipuscoa.".
Irun has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Irun, spelled I-R-U-N.
Definition
- 1Commune du Pays basque espagnol située dans la province de Guipuscoa.
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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Using “Irun”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-R-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.