irisieren
[iʁiˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“irisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bunt schillern (in allen Regenbogenfarben)
Corpus desk
Index DE-irisieren · irisieren · German
irisieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [iʁiˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „irisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
irisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [iʁiˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bunt schillern (in allen Regenbogenfarben)".
Zero misspellings are on record for irisieren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 irisieren, spelled I-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1bunt schillern (in allen Regenbogenfarben)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how irisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Pfützen waren mit einem irisierenden Ölfilm bedeckt.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.