Irrtümern
[ˈɪʁtyːmɐn]
The verdict
“Irrtümern” is uncommon German (frequency #84,145 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,145
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Irrtum
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrtumern · Irrtümern · German
Irrtümern · rank #84,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,145
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,725
- PHOTO-FINISH irrsinnige
Nearest frequency peer: irrsinnige (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Irrtümern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- irisches
irisches
15,859 corpus weight
- irreversible
irreversible
15,858 corpus weight
- irrsinnige
irrsinnige
15,857 corpus weight
- Irrtümern
Irrtümern
15,856 corpus weight
- Isthmus
Isthmus
15,854 corpus weight
- ITU
ITU
15,853 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Irrtümern” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irrtümern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁtyːmɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Irrtümern” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Irrtümern is uncommon German at frequency #84,145 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪʁtyːmɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Irrtum".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Irrtümern, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Irrtümern, spelled I-R-R-T-Ü-M-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Irrtum
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.