IRS

[aɪ̯aɹˈʔɛs]

/[aɪ̯aɹˈʔɛs]/ noun

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The verdict

“IRS” is uncommon German (frequency #70,417 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,417
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-irs · IRS · German

IRS · rank #70,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,417
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Irrfahrt

Nearest frequency peer: Irrfahrt (-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 „IRS“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „IRS“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IRS
PropertyValue
HeadwordIRS
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɪ̯aɹˈʔɛs]
Letters3
Frequency rank#70,417
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „IRS“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).IRSfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Irrfahrt“ (#70,416), „Islamwissenschaftler“ (#70,418), „israelitische“ (#70,419). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „IRS“ bei #70,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IRS is uncommon German at frequency #70,417 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɪ̯aɹˈʔɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bundessteuerbehörde der Vereinigten Staaten".

Zero misspellings are on record for IRS in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is IRS, spelled I-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundessteuerbehörde der Vereinigten Staaten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how IRS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „›Ich wollte nicht, dass sie denken, ich würde dich verlassen, was ich, wie ich dir ja gesagt habe, auch nicht vorhabe, und deshalb ist mir als Erstes eingefallen, dass ich Teds Trailer zu einem Büro umfunktioniere, wo ich deine Buchhaltung mache, deine Korrespondenz, und dir den IRS vom Hals halte.‹“
  2. „Die Firma tauchte allerdings lediglich im Steuerzahlerverzeichnis der Stadt Middleburg und bei der Steuerbehörde IRS auf.“

This word in other languages

IRS(English)

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 "IRS"?
"IRS" is spelled I-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is [aɪ̯aɹˈʔɛs].
What does "IRS" mean?
As a noun, "IRS" means: Bundessteuerbehörde der Vereinigten Staaten
How do you pronounce "IRS"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "IRS" is [aɪ̯aɹˈʔɛs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "IRS" come from?
"IRS" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "IRS", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hap#70,360MFA#70,570neg#70,613PDC#70,660

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list