Irvine

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The verdict

“Irvine” is uncommon German (frequency #86,640 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,640
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großstadt in Kalifornien, USA

Corpus desk

Index DE-irvine · Irvine · German

Irvine · rank #86,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,640
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH irrsinnigen

Nearest frequency peer: irrsinnigen (-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 „Irvine“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Irvine
PropertyValue
HeadwordIrvine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,640
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Irvine“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „irrsinnigen“ (#86,639), „ionische“ (#86,638), „Ischen“ (#86,642). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Irvine“ bei #86,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Irvine is uncommon German at frequency #86,640 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Irvine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Irvine, spelled I-R-V-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Großstadt in Kalifornien, USA
  2. 2
    Name verschiedener Orte

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Um den ständigen Angriffen zu entgehen, lässt sie sich 1984 mit ihrem jüngsten Sohn Michael Corleone in Irvine, Kalifornien, nieder.“

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 "Irvine"?
"Irvine" is spelled I-R-V-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Irvine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Irvine" means: Großstadt in Kalifornien, USA
How do you pronounce "Irvine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Irvine" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ischen#86,642Hofers#86,610Kanüle#86,670height#86,588

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list