IDR

abbrev

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The verdict

“IDR” is uncommon German (frequency #50,588 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,588
frequency rank, German
17,725
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - internationaler Währungscode für indonesische Rupiah, die Währung von Indonesien

Key facts for IDR
PropertyValue
HeadwordIDR
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#50,588
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “IDR” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). IDR lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IDR is uncommon German at frequency #50,588 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "internationaler Währungscode für indonesische Rupiah, die Währung von Indonesien".

Zero misspellings are on record for IDR in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is IDR, spelled I-D-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    internationaler Währungscode für indonesische Rupiah, die Währung von Indonesien

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 "IDR"?
"IDR" is spelled I-D-R.
What does "IDR" mean?
As an abbreviation, "IDR" means: internationaler Währungscode für indonesische Rupiah, die Währung von Indonesien
What language does "IDR" come from?
"IDR" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “IDR”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-D-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list