ihres

/[ˈiːʁəs]/ unknown

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#703

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

ihres is anGermanunknown. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulin des Possessivpronomens ihr Pronounced [ˈiːʁəs]. It ranks #703 in German word frequency. Often confused with ire and irre.

Key facts for ihres
PropertyValue
Headwordihres
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[ˈiːʁəs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#703
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ihres in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ihres is 5 letters long, classified as anunknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈiːʁəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #703 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ihres, with forms such as "hires", "ihers", and "ihhres". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "ire", "irre", "Iris", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ihres, spelled I-H-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulin des Possessivpronomens ihr
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum des Possessivpronomens ihr
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens ihr
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens ihr

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hires,ihers,ihhres,ihress,ihrres,ihrse,irhes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ihres

Misspelling Variants of "ihres"

hires5ihers5ihhres6ihress6ihrres6ihrse5irhes5
Misspelling Variants of "ihres"

Frequency rank: #703 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ihres"?
"ihres" is spelled I-H-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈiːʁəs].
What does "ihres" mean?
As an unknown, "ihres" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulin des Possessivpronomens ihr
What words are commonly confused with "ihres"?
"ihres" is commonly confused with "ire", "irre", "Iris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ihres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ihres" is [ˈiːʁəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ihres" come from?
"ihres" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.