Iraq

[ɪˈrɑːk]

/[ɪˈrɑːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Iraq” is uncommon German (frequency #51,437 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,437
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-iraq · Iraq · German

Iraq · rank #51,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,437
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH intravenös

Nearest frequency peer: intravenös (-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 „Iraq“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Iraq
PropertyValue
HeadwordIraq
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪˈrɑːk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,437
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Iraq“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Iraqfällt 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: „intravenös“ (#51,436), „interniert“ (#51,435), „Interlaken“ (#51,434). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Iraq“ bei #51,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Iraq is uncommon German at frequency #51,437 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪˈrɑːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Irak".

Zero misspellings are on record for Iraq in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Iraq, spelled I-R-A-Q.

Definition

  1. 1
    Irak

Synonyms

Republic of Iraq

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 "Iraq"?
"Iraq" is spelled I-R-A-Q. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪˈrɑːk].
What does "Iraq" mean?
As a noun, "Iraq" means: Irak
How do you pronounce "Iraq"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Iraq" is [ɪˈrɑːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Iraq" come from?
"Iraq" 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 "Iraq", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

keen#51,453Hofs#51,418Konz#51,474Halm#51,384

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list