ick

[ɪk]

/[ɪk]/ pron

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The verdict

“ick” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #16,183) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#16,183
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbetontes „ich“

Corpus desk

Index DE-ick · ick · German

ick · rank #16,183 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,183
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH hüten

Nearest frequency peer: hüten (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „ick“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „ick“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ick vs im
33% similar
ick vs is
33% similar
ick vs ii
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ick
PropertyValue
Headwordick
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[ɪk]
Letters3
Frequency rank#16,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „ick“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ickliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „hüten“ (#16,182), „Indikator“ (#16,184), „hübscher“ (#16,181). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „ick“ bei #16,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ick is neighbouring look-alikes ("im", "is", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [ɪk]. Frequency #16,183 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Gloss: "unbetontes „ich“".

Zero misspellings are on record for ick in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "im", "is", "ii", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ick, spelled I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    unbetontes „ich“

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. »Ick wa ma jestern nen leichtn Mantel koofn un ick jefroren — ick könnt ma peitschen jeehn.«
  2. »Ick bin keen Berliner, aber den Dialekt kann ma sich janz leischt anjewöhnen!«

Synonyms

icke

This word in other languages

me(English)moi(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ick"?
"ick" is spelled I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪk].
What does "ick" mean?
As a pronoun, "ick" means: unbetontes „ich“
What words are commonly confused with "ick"?
"ick" is commonly confused with "im", "is", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ick" is [ɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ick" come from?
"ick" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ick", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

het#16,178lau#16,210mbH#16,218MdB#16,219

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list