ImmovsIMsConfusable pair

Quick tell: Immo is a name, IMs is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Immo” is a name and “IMs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,126
“Immo” frequency rank
#49,797
“IMs” frequency rank
82923
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Immo IMs
Definition männlicher Vorname Nominativ Plural des Substantivs IM

Where the eye mixes Immo and IMs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Immo
3 ch
IMs

Look-alike desk: Immo vs IMs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Immo is [ˈɪmoː] while IMs is [iˈʔɛms]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Immo is recorded at frequency rank #33,126, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈɪmoː]. IMs is at rank #49,797, tagged as anoun, pronounced [iˈʔɛms].

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 82923, this pair ranks #148,653 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Immo vs IMs

Shared letters: im. Private to "Immo": o. Private to "IMs": s.

"Immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "IMs" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Immoimom · mimo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Immo" for "IMs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Immo" is a name and "IMs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Immo" vs "IMs" - which ranks higher?
"Immo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,126 in our German list, against #49,797 for "IMs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Immo" and "IMs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Immo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "IMs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #148,653 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Immo" and "IMs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ile vs IMs". 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

Confusion rank #148,653 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list