Inn
[ɪn]
The verdict
“Inn” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,396) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #8,396
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der größte rechte Nebenfluss der oberen Donau; entspringt am Malojapass (Graubünden), bildet im Ober- und Mittellauf ein großes Alpenlängstal und mündet nach 510 km Flusslauf bei Passau in die Donau
Corpus desk
Index DE-inn · Inn · German
Inn · rank #8,396 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,396
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Indianer
Nearest frequency peer: Indianer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Inn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- HP
HP
91,608 corpus weight
- Indianer
Indianer
91,606 corpus weight
- Inn
Inn
91,605 corpus weight
- intelligent
intelligent
91,604 corpus weight
- Israels
Israels
91,603 corpus weight
- jedermann
jedermann
91,602 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Inn” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Inn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɪn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #8,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Inn” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Inn is neighbouring look-alikes ("is", "IT", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ɪn]. Frequency #8,396 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Gloss: "der größte rechte Nebenfluss der oberen Donau; entspringt am Malojapass (Graubünden), bildet im Ober- und Mittellauf ein großes Alpenlängstal und mündet nach 510 km Flusslauf bei Passau in die Donau".
Inn has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "is", "IT", "IP", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Inn, spelled I-N-N.
Definition
- 1der größte rechte Nebenfluss der oberen Donau; entspringt am Malojapass (Graubünden), bildet im Ober- und Mittellauf ein großes Alpenlängstal und mündet nach 510 km Flusslauf bei Passau in die Donau
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Inn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei Passau fließt der Inn in die Donau.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.