irmavsirrtWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: irma is a noun, irrt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“irma” is a noun and “irrt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,627
“irma” frequency rank
#20,308
“irrt” frequency rank
51935
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature irma irrt
Definition der Arm 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs irren

Letter map: irma vs irrt

Shared letters muted; letters that set irma and irrt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
irma
4 ch
irrt

Part-of-speech tell for irma / irrt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: irma is anoun and irrtaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

irma is recorded at frequency rank #31,627, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. irrt is at rank #20,308, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɪʁt].

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 51935, this pair ranks #1,116,339 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of irma vs irrt

Shared letters: ir. Private to "irma": am. Private to "irrt": t.

"irma" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "irrt" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • irmaimra · iram · irmma · irrma · rima
  • irrtirrtt · irt · irtr · rirt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "irma" and "irrt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "irma" is a noun and "irrt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "irma" vs "irrt" - which ranks higher?
"irrt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,308 in our German list, against #31,627 for "irma". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "irma" and "irrt". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "irma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "irrt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,116,339 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "irma" and "irrt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "irma vs puzzles". 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 #1,116,339 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