Irrtums
[ˈɪʁtuːms]
The verdict
“Irrtums” is uncommon German (frequency #98,643 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,643
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Irrtum
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrtums · Irrtums · German
Irrtums · rank #98,643 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,643
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH irreversiblen
Nearest frequency peer: irreversiblen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Irrtums“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Interpretat…
Interpretationsspielraum
1,362 corpus weight
- investierst
investierst
1,361 corpus weight
- irreversibl…
irreversiblen
1,359 corpus weight
- Irrtums
Irrtums
1,358 corpus weight
- Jagdschein
Jagdschein
1,356 corpus weight
- Jaguars
Jaguars
1,355 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Irrtums“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irrtums |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁtuːms] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Irrtums“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Irrtums is uncommon German at frequency #98,643 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪʁtuːms]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Irrtum".
Irrtums doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Irrtums, spelled I-R-R-T-U-M-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular 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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