Ido
[iːdoː]
The verdict
“Ido” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1907 auf der Basis des Esperanto entwickelte Plansprache
Corpus desk
Index DE-ido · Ido · German
Ido · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ido |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iːdoː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ido“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ido is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [iːdoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "1907 auf der Basis des Esperanto entwickelte Plansprache".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ido in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ido, spelled I-D-O.
Definition
- 11907 auf der Basis des Esperanto entwickelte Plansprache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ido ist eine Plansprache.
„Letztlich geht aus dem Streit der Sprachen Esperanto gestärkt hervor, zumal die häufigen Modifikationen und Revisionen des Ido wenig zur Stabilität der Sprache beitragen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.