Ingo
[ˈɪŋɡo]
The verdict
“Ingo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,070
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-ingo · Ingo · German
Ingo · rank #11,070 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,070
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Impfung
Nearest frequency peer: Impfung (-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 „Ingo“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hochwertige
hochwertige
88,934 corpus weight
- hope
hope
88,933 corpus weight
- Impfung
Impfung
88,932 corpus weight
- Ingo
Ingo
88,931 corpus weight
- ironisch
ironisch
88,930 corpus weight
- jaja
jaja
88,929 corpus weight
What this shows „Ingo“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Ingo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪŋɡo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ingo“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Ingo (IPA [ˈɪŋɡo]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,070 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ingo, with forms such as "igno", "inggo", and "inngo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "io", "ins", "Inn", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ingo, spelled I-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ingo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ingo ist unser Vermieter.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- igno
- inggo
- inngo
- inog
- nigo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ingo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).