ibi
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The verdict
“ibi” is uncommon German (frequency #97,171 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,171
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - da, daselbst, dort
Corpus desk
Index DE-ibi · ibi · German
ibi · rank #97,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,171
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH idyllischer
Nearest frequency peer: idyllischer (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ibi“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hörigen
hörigen
2,833 corpus weight
- ibi
ibi
2,830 corpus weight
- idyllischer
idyllischer
2,829 corpus weight
- ignis
ignis
2,828 corpus weight
- illegitimen
illegitimen
2,827 corpus weight
- importance
importance
2,826 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ibi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ibi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #97,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ibi“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ibi is uncommon German at frequency #97,171 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ibi, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ibi, spelled I-B-I.
Definition
- 1da, daselbst, dort
- 2dann, damals, alsdann
- 3darin, dabei, damit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ibi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„ibi manens sedeto donicum videbis / me carpento vehentem domum venisse“ (Andr. poet. 15, 1–2)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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