ihren
[ˈiːʁən]
The verdict
“ihren” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #171 in German word frequency and used as an unknown.
- #171
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum des femininen Possessivpronomens ihr
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 | ihren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈiːʁən] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ihren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ihren is 5 letters long, classified as an unknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #171 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ihren, with forms such as "hiren", "ihern", and "ihhren". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ire", "Iran", "irre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ihren, spelled I-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum des femininen Possessivpronomens ihr
- 2Dativ Plural des femininen Possessivpronomens ihr
- 3Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum des Possessivpronomens Plural ihr
- 4Dativ Plural des Possessivpronomens Plural ihr
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hiren,ihern,ihhren,ihrenn,ihrne,ihrren,irhen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ihren - 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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Using “ihren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-H-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ire” - see the side-by-side comparison. ihren vs ire
- 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.