ihrervsimmerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ihrer is a pronoun, immer is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ihrer” is a pronoun and “immer” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#161
“ihrer” frequency rank
#73
“immer” frequency rank
234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ihrer immer
Definition Personalpronomen 3. Person Femininum Singular Genitiv zu jeder Zeit

Where the eye mixes ihrer and immer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
ihrer
5 ch
immer

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ihrer is [ˈiːʁɐ] while immer is [ˈɪmɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ihrer is recorded at frequency rank #161, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈiːʁɐ]. immer is at rank #73, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈɪmɐ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 234, this pair ranks #2,006,115 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ihrer vs immer

Shared letters: eir. Private to "ihrer": h. Private to "immer": m.

"ihrer" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "immer" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ihrerhirer · iherr · ihhrer · ihrerr · ihrrer · irher
  • immerimemr · imer · immerr · immre · mimer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ihrer" and "immer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ihrer" is a pronoun and "immer" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ihrer" or "immer"?
"immer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #73 in our German list, against #161 for "ihrer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list