ihresvsindesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ihres is a unknown, indes is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ihres” is an unknown and “indes” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#703
“ihres” frequency rank
#7,194
“indes” frequency rank
7897
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ihres indes
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulin des Possessivpronomens ihr jedoch, hingegen, aber, allerdings, andererseits, hinwiederum, unabhängig davon, trotz dessen, trotzdem, indessen

Where the eye mixes ihres and indes

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

5 ch
ihres
5 ch
indes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ihres is [ˈiːʁəs] while indes is [ɪnˈdɛs]. 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 (unknown vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ihres is recorded at frequency rank #703, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈiːʁəs]. indes is at rank #7,194, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ɪnˈdɛs].

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 7897, this pair ranks #1,986,437 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ihres vs indes

Shared letters: eis. Private to "ihres": hr. Private to "indes": dn.

"ihres" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "indes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ihreshires · ihers · ihhres · ihress · ihrres · ihrse · irhes
  • indesidnes · inddes · indess · indse · ineds · inndes · nides

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ihres" and "indes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ihres" is an unknown and "indes" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ihres" or "indes"?
"ihres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #703 in our German list, against #7,194 for "indes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "ihres" and "indes". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ihres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,986,437 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ihres" and "indes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ideas vs indes". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list