irmavsitaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#31,627
“irma” frequency rank
#30,135
“ita” frequency rank
61762
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature irma ita
Definition der Arm Personalpronomen 3. Person Femininum Singular; sie

Letter map: irma vs ita

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

4 ch
irma
3 ch
ita

Part-of-speech tell for irma / ita

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: irma is anoun and itaapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

irma is recorded at frequency rank #31,627, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ita is at rank #30,135, tagged as apron, pronounced [ítá].

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 61762, this pair ranks #737,618 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of irma vs ita

Shared letters: ai. Private to "irma": mr. Private to "ita": t.

"irma" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ita" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • irmaimra · iram · irmma · irrma · rima

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "irma" and "ita" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "irma" is a noun and "ita" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "irma" vs "ita" - which ranks higher?
"ita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,135 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "irma" vs "ita" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "irma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #737,618 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "irma" and "ita" 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 #737,618 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