irisch

[ˈiːʁɪʃ]

/[ˈiːʁɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“irisch” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,049
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Irland, die Iren betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-irisch · irisch · German

irisch · rank #46,049 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,049
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Intonation

Nearest frequency peer: Intonation (-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 „irisch“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „irisch“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

irisch vs Irish
67% similar
irisch vs Irische
71% similar
irisch vs ironisch
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for irisch
PropertyValue
Headwordirisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈiːʁɪʃ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,049
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „irisch“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).irischliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Intonation“ (#46,048), „innerparteilichen“ (#46,047), „Jamaica“ (#46,051). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „irisch“ bei #46,049. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around irisch (IPA [ˈiːʁɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,049 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for irisch, with forms such as "iirsch", "iricsh", and "iriscch". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Irish", "Irische", "ironisch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 irisch, spelled I-R-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Irland, die Iren betreffend
  2. 2
    die Sprache Irisch betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how irisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die beiden irischen Staaten hegten wenig Zuneigung füreinander, man misstraute sich auch weiterhin zutiefst.“
  2. Die Menschen gehen hier besser gekleidet und betteln viel weniger, als in den irischeren Landesteilen und Städten.

Synonyms

irländischgälisch

Antonyms

unirisch

This word in other languages

Irish(English)irlandés(Español)irlandais(Français)irlandês(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iirsch
  • iricsh
  • iriscch
  • irischh
  • irishc
  • irissch
  • irrisch
  • irsich
  • riisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of irisch - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

iirsch2iricsh2iriscch1irischh1irishc2irissch1irrisch1irsich2
Edit distance from "irisch"

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 "irisch"?
"irisch" is spelled I-R-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈiːʁɪʃ].
What does "irisch" mean?
As an adjective, "irisch" means: Irland, die Iren betreffend
What words are commonly confused with "irisch"?
"irisch" is commonly confused with "Irish", "Irische", "ironisch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "irisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irisch" is [ˈiːʁɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irisch" come from?
"irisch" 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 "irisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Juliet#46,059kitten#46,071Kobalt#46,075Krebse#46,089

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Jamaica9 variantsGuerrero9 variantskursiv9 variantsGriffel9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list