irrigieren
[ɪʁiˈɡiːʁən]
The verdict
“irrigieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewässern
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrigieren · irrigieren · German
irrigieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | irrigieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪʁiˈɡiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „irrigieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
irrigieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪʁiˈɡiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bewässern".
Zero misspellings are on record for irrigieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is irrigieren, spelled I-R-R-I-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1bewässern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how irrigieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sehen großflächig irrigierte Flächen vor uns.
Synonyms
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.