Ilm
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The verdict
“Ilm” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #34,185 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #34,185
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss der Saale
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 | Ilm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #34,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ilm” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ilm is 3 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,185 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Ilm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "im", "is", "IT", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ilm, spelled I-L-M.
Definition
- 1ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss der Saale
- 2ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss der Abens
- 3ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss der Sormitz
- 4ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss der Lahn
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.
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Using “Ilm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-L-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “im” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ilm vs im
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.