IHS

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The verdict

“IHS” is uncommon German (frequency #73,634 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,634
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung Institut für Höhere Studien

Corpus desk

Index DE-ihs · IHS · German

IHS · rank #73,634 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,634
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH idols

Nearest frequency peer: idols (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „IHS“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „IHS“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IHS
PropertyValue
HeadwordIHS
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#73,634
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „IHS“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).IHSfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „idols“ (#73,633), „Iden“ (#73,632), „Immatrikulation“ (#73,636). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „IHS“ bei #73,634. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IHS is uncommon German at frequency #73,634 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung Institut für Höhere Studien".

Zero misspellings are on record for IHS in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is IHS, spelled I-H-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung Institut für Höhere Studien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how IHS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Österreichs Wirtschaft wächst heuer selbst für Experten unerwartet stark. Deshalb hoben WIFO und IHS ihre Konjunkturprognose deutlich an.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "IHS"?
"IHS" is spelled I-H-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "IHS" mean?
As an abbreviation, "IHS" means: Abkürzung Institut für Höhere Studien
How do you pronounce "IHS"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "IHS" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "IHS" come from?
"IHS" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "IHS", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

iam#73,631Huk#73,623Jug#73,670ert#73,453

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list