IKRK

abbrev

The verdict

“IKRK” is uncommon German (frequency #84,130 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,130
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz

Corpus desk

Index DE-ikrk · IKRK · German

IKRK · rank #84,130 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,130
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH ICEs

Nearest frequency peer: ICEs (-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 „IKRK“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IKRK
PropertyValue
HeadwordIKRK
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Frequency rank#84,130
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „IKRK“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.IKRKfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ICEs“ (#84,129), „immerfort“ (#84,131), „Immunantwort“ (#84,132). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „IKRK“ bei #84,130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IKRK is uncommon German at frequency #84,130 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz".

IKRK has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 IKRK, spelled I-K-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das Internationale Komitee vom Roten Kreuz (IKRK) mit Hauptquartier in Genf bestand nur aus schweizerischen Mitgliedern, und die Direktiven, welche die Regierung in Bern im Hinblick auf wichtige Entscheidungen gab, wurden im allgemeinen nicht in Frage gestellt.“

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 "IKRK"?
"IKRK" is spelled I-K-R-K.
What does "IKRK" mean?
As an abbreviation, "IKRK" means: Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz
What language does "IKRK" come from?
"IKRK" 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 "IKRK", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list