ihr
[iːɐ̯]
The verdict
“ihr” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #72 in German word frequency and used as a pronoun.
- #72
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural
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 | ihr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [iːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ihr” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ihr is 3 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #72 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Plural".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ihr, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "im", "is", "ii", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is ihr, spelled I-H-R.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural
This word in other languages
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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Using “ihr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-H-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [iːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “im” - see the side-by-side comparison. ihr vs im
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.