Igor
[ˈiːɡoʁ]
The verdict
“Igor” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,036
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-igor · Igor · German
Igor · rank #17,036 · 5 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,036
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Händchen
Nearest frequency peer: Händchen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Igor“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hust
hust
82,967 corpus weight
- Händchen
Händchen
82,966 corpus weight
- Igor
Igor
82,965 corpus weight
- impfen
impfen
82,964 corpus weight
- insgeheim
insgeheim
82,963 corpus weight
- Instandhalt…
Instandhaltung
82,962 corpus weight
What this shows „Igor“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Igor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈiːɡoʁ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Igor“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Igor (IPA [ˈiːɡoʁ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,036 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Igor, with forms such as "gior", "iggor", and "igorr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "IR", "io", "ihr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Igor, spelled I-G-O-R.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Igor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Igor ist jetzt mit Olga zusammen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gior
- iggor
- igorr
- igro
- iogr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Igor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Igor", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).