ihres
[ˈiːʁəs]
The verdict
“ihres” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #703
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulin des Possessivpronomens ihr
Corpus desk
Index DE-ihres · ihres · German
ihres · rank #703 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #703
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH hören
Nearest frequency peer: hören (-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 “ihres”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gleichzeitig
gleichzeitig
99,302 corpus weight
- habt
habt
99,300 corpus weight
- hören
hören
99,299 corpus weight
- ihres
ihres
99,298 corpus weight
- Köln
Köln
99,297 corpus weight
- Möglichkeit
Möglichkeit
99,296 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ihres” 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 | ihres |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈiːʁəs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ihres” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ihres (IPA [ˈiːʁəs]), anunknown. Corpus frequency is #703 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ihres, with forms such as "hires", "ihers", and "ihhres". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "ire", "irre", "Iris", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ihres, spelled I-H-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulin des Possessivpronomens ihr
- 2Genitiv Singular Neutrum des Possessivpronomens ihr
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens ihr
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens ihr
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hires
- ihers
- ihhres
- ihress
- ihrres
- ihrse
- irhes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ihres - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "ihres", 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).
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.