irritável
/i.Ri.ˈta.vɛɫ/
The verdict
“irritável” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,579 among 1,526 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,579
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que se irrita facilmente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irritável |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /i.Ri.ˈta.vɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “irritável” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
irritável is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,579 among 1,526 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /i.Ri.ˈta.vɛɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for irritável in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is irritável, spelled I-R-R-I-T-Á-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1que se irrita facilmente
- 2irascível
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “irritável”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-R-R-I-T-Á-V-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.Ri.ˈta.vɛɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.