Irrsinn
[ˈɪʁzɪn]
The verdict
“Irrsinn” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,631
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Psychiatrie, veraltet: kranker Geisteszustand, Geistesgestörtheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrsinn · Irrsinn · German
Irrsinn · rank #20,631 · 7 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #20,631
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Interaktionen
Nearest frequency peer: Interaktionen (-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 „Irrsinn“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Innenpolitik
Innenpolitik
79,373 corpus weight
- Instinkt
Instinkt
79,372 corpus weight
- Interaktion…
Interaktionen
79,371 corpus weight
- Irrsinn
Irrsinn
79,370 corpus weight
- Islamisieru…
Islamisierung
79,369 corpus weight
- Items
Items
79,368 corpus weight
What this shows „Irrsinn“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Irrsinn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁzɪn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Irrsinn“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Irrsinn (IPA [ˈɪʁzɪn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,631 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Irrsinn, with forms such as "irrisnn", "irrsin", and "irrsnin". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "irrsinnig", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Irrsinn, spelled I-R-R-S-I-N-N.
Definition
- 1Psychiatrie, veraltet: kranker Geisteszustand, Geistesgestörtheit
- 2unkluge, sinnlose Handlung, völlige Unvernunft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Irrsinn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er starb in Paris, seit längerer Zeit in Irrsinn verfallen, Ende Februar 1874.
Stadtverwaltungen und Buchhändler stöhnten in den vergangenen Monaten wie jedes Jahr über den Irrsinn der EU-Vorschriften beim Kauf bzw. Verkauf der Schulbücher für das neue Schuljahr.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irrisnn
- irrsin
- irrsnin
- irrssinn
- irsinn
- irsrinn
- rirsinn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Irrsinn - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Irrsinn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).