ImmovsIngoTell them apart

Which to use

“Immo” and “Ingo” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,126
“Immo” frequency rank
#11,070
“Ingo” frequency rank
44196
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Immo Ingo
Definition männlicher Vorname männlicher Vorname

Where the eye mixes Immo and Ingo

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

4 ch
Immo
4 ch
Ingo

Look-alike desk: Immo vs Ingo

A purely visual mix-up. Immo ([ˈɪmoː]) and Ingo ([ˈɪŋɡo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44196, 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]. Ingo is at rank #11,070, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈɪŋɡo].

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 44196, this pair ranks #1,393,896 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Immo vs Ingo

Shared letters: io. Private to "Immo": m. Private to "Ingo": gn.

"Immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "Ingo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Immoimom · mimo
  • Ingoigno · inggo · inngo · inog · nigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Immo" and "Ingo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈɪmoː] versus [ˈɪŋɡo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Immo" vs "Ingo" - which ranks higher?
"Ingo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,070 in our German list, against #33,126 for "Immo". 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 "Ingo" 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 "Ingo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,393,896 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Immo" and "Ingo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Immo 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 #1,393,896 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