ise
The verdict
“ise” is uncommon German (frequency #65,384 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,384
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - falls
Corpus desk
Index DE-ise · ise · German
ise · rank #65,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,384
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,725
- PHOTO-FINISH Iraks
Nearest frequency peer: Iraks (-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 “ise”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Interessenk…
Interessenkonflikte
34,621 corpus weight
- interesting
interesting
34,620 corpus weight
- Internisten
Internisten
34,619 corpus weight
- Iraks
Iraks
34,618 corpus weight
- ise
ise
34,617 corpus weight
- Islamabad
Islamabad
34,616 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ise” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ise” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ise is uncommon German at frequency #65,384 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as aconjunction. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ise, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 ise, spelled I-S-E.
Definition
- 1falls
- 2wenn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bu adamın evi ise girişteki garajı nerede?
"Kedi bu ise ciğer nerede, ciğer bu ise kedi nerede?" — Nasreddin Hodscha
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ise", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 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.