IGH

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The verdict

“IGH” is uncommon German (frequency #85,390 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,390
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Internationaler Gerichtshof

Corpus desk

Index DE-igh · IGH · German

IGH · rank #85,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,390
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Idi

Nearest frequency peer: Idi (-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 „IGH“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „IGH“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IGH
PropertyValue
HeadwordIGH
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#85,390
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „IGH“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).IGHfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Idi“ (#85,389), „Imageschaden“ (#85,391), „IBF“ (#85,388). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „IGH“ bei #85,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IGH is uncommon German at frequency #85,390 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Internationaler Gerichtshof".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for IGH, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is IGH, spelled I-G-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Internationaler Gerichtshof

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Fall: Nicaragua (IGH 1984/86) Die USA wurden von Nicaragua vor dem IGH wegen ihrer Unterstützung für die Contras, einer nicaraguanischen Rebellengruppe, verklagt.“

This word in other languages

ICJ(English)

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 "IGH"?
"IGH" is spelled I-G-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "IGH" mean?
As an abbreviation, "IGH" means: Internationaler Gerichtshof
How do you pronounce "IGH"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "IGH" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "IGH" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Idi#85,389IBF#85,388hoy#85,382gos#85,314

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list