irma

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The verdict

“irma” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,627
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-irma · irma · German

irma · rank #31,627 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,627
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH interest

Nearest frequency peer: interest (-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 „irma“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „irma“ 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).

irma vs ita
50% similar
irma vs irre
50% similar
irma vs irrt
50% similar

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

Key facts for irma
PropertyValue
Headwordirma
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,627
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „irma“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „interest“ (#31,626), „Italy“ (#31,628), „Innenausstattung“ (#31,625). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „irma“ bei #31,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around irma (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,627 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der Arm".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for irma, with forms such as "imra", "iram", and "irmma". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ita", "irre", "irrt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is irma, spelled I-R-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Arm

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imra
  • iram
  • irmma
  • irrma
  • rima

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of irma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imra2iram2irmma1irrma1rima2
Edit distance from "irma"

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 "irma"?
"irma" is spelled I-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "irma" mean?
As a noun, "irma" means: der Arm
What words are commonly confused with "irma"?
"irma" is commonly confused with "ita", "irre", "irrt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "irma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irma" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irma" come from?
"irma" 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 "irma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list