IgM
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The verdict
“IgM” is uncommon German (frequency #60,687 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,687
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Immunglobulin M, Typ von Antikörper (zur Abwehr von Krankheitserregern), der im Blut nachgewiesen werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-igm · IgM · German
IgM · rank #60,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,687
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH identifiziere
Nearest frequency peer: identifiziere (-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 „IgM“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hüls
hüls
39,318 corpus weight
- ideellen
ideellen
39,316 corpus weight
- identifizie…
identifiziere
39,315 corpus weight
- IgM
IgM
39,314 corpus weight
- Immobilienf…
Immobilienfonds
39,313 corpus weight
- imponieren
imponieren
39,311 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „IgM“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | IgM |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #60,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „IgM“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
IgM is uncommon German at frequency #60,687 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Immunglobulin M, Typ von Antikörper (zur Abwehr von Krankheitserregern), der im Blut nachgewiesen werden kann".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for IgM, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is IgM, spelled I-G-M.
Definition
- 1Immunglobulin M, Typ von Antikörper (zur Abwehr von Krankheitserregern), der im Blut nachgewiesen werden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how IgM appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie sprechen immer wieder von ‚IgG‘ und ‚IgM‘, das sind verschiedene Formen von Antikörpern. Die IgG-Antikörper sind aber wichtiger, für den Nachweis der Immunität, richtig?“
„Der Chef vom Robert Koch-Institut (RKI), Lothar Wieler, hat daher zu hohe Erwartungen an den neuen Test gedämpft. Unter anderem auch, weil er nicht zwischen den verschiedenen Immunglobulinen IgM, IgG und IgA unterscheidet, die sich als Reaktion auf eine Infektion bilden. „Wir wissen noch nicht, welche Antikörper wir messen müssen, um zu sagen, ob jemand…
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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