ihnen
[ˈiːnən]
The verdict
“ihnen” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #170
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Dativ
Corpus desk
Index DE-ihnen · ihnen · German
ihnen · rank #170 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #170
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH wirklich
Nearest frequency peer: wirklich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ihnen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- weiter
weiter
99,833 corpus weight
- wirklich
wirklich
99,832 corpus weight
- ihnen
ihnen
99,831 corpus weight
- ihren
ihren
99,830 corpus weight
- s
s
99,829 corpus weight
- Mann
Mann
99,828 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ihnen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ihnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈiːnən] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ihnen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ihnen (IPA [ˈiːnən]), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #170 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Dativ".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ihnen, with forms such as "hinen", "ihenn", and "ihhnen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Inn", "Ihre", "Iren", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ihnen, spelled I-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Dativ
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ihnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es gefiel ihnen, im Garten zu spielen.
„Obergärige Hefen sind zwar empfindlicher als untergärige, aber mit ihnen verläuft die Gärung deutlich schneller und ohne moderne Kühltechnik.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hinen
- ihenn
- ihhnen
- ihnenn
- ihnne
- ihnnen
- inhen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ihnen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ihnen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "ihnen". Here's where to go from here.
- "ihnen" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Inn". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #170 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.