Ilja

[ˈilja]

/[ˈilja]/ name

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The verdict

“Ilja” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,008. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,008
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-ilja · Ilja · German

Ilja · rank #40,008 · 5 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,008
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hülsen

Nearest frequency peer: Hülsen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Ilja“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Ilja“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ilja vs ina
25% similar
Ilja vs ira
25% similar
Ilja vs ill
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ilja
PropertyValue
HeadwordIlja
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈilja]
Letters4
Frequency rank#40,008
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ilja“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Iljaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Hülsen“ (#40,007), „imitiert“ (#40,009), „Höhenunterschied“ (#40,006). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Ilja“ bei #40,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Ilja (IPA [ˈilja]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,008 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ilja, with forms such as "ijla", "ilaj", and "iljja". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ina", "ira", "ill", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ilja, spelled I-L-J-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Endlich hat Ilja meinen Brief beantwortet.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ijla
  • ilaj
  • iljja
  • illja
  • lija

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ilja - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ijla2ilaj2iljja1illja1lija2
Edit distance from "Ilja"

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 "Ilja"?
"Ilja" is spelled I-L-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈilja].
What does "Ilja" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ilja" means: männlicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Ilja"?
"Ilja" is commonly confused with "ina", "ira", "ill". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ilja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ilja" is [ˈilja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ilja" come from?
"Ilja" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Joop#40,018Gram#39,975mana#40,081mata#40,084

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Kuppe5 variantserbt5 variantsbeam5 variantsStele5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list