irgendwann
[ˈɪʁɡəntˈvan]
The verdict
“irgendwann” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,112 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #1,112
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zu einem unbestimmten oder und unbestimmbaren Zeitpunkt
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 | irgendwann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁɡəntˈvan] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “irgendwann” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for irgendwann is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪʁɡəntˈvan]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,112 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zu einem unbestimmten oder und unbestimmbaren Zeitpunkt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for irgendwann, with forms such as "igrendwann", "iregndwann", and "irgednwann". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "irgendwas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 irgendwann, spelled I-R-G-E-N-D-W-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1zu einem unbestimmten oder und unbestimmbaren Zeitpunkt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: igrendwann,iregndwann,irgednwann,irgendawnn,irgenddwann,irgendwan,irgendwnan,irgendwwann,irgenndwann,irgenwdann,irggendwann,irgnedwann,irrgendwann,rigendwann
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of irgendwann - 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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Using “irgendwann”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-R-G-E-N-D-W-A-N-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɪʁɡəntˈvan] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “irgendwas” - see the side-by-side comparison. irgendwann vs irgendwas
- 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.