ISIS

abbrev

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The verdict

“ISIS” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,491
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für die Terrorgruppe „Islamischer Staat im Irak und Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in (Groß-)Syrien“

Corpus desk

Index DE-isis · ISIS · German

ISIS · rank #7,491 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,491
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH iPad

Nearest frequency peer: iPad (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „ISIS“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „ISIS“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ISIS vs ist
0% similar
ISIS vs iss
0% similar
ISIS vs ISO
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ISIS
PropertyValue
HeadwordISIS
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,491
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ISIS“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ISISliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „iPad“ (#7,490), „Japaner“ (#7,492), „Investition“ (#7,489). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „ISIS“ bei #7,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around ISIS, anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #7,491 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Abkürzung für die Terrorgruppe „Islamischer Staat im Irak und Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in (Groß-)Syrien“".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ISIS, with forms such as "iiss", "isiss", and "issi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ist", "iss", "ISO", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 ISIS, spelled I-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für die Terrorgruppe „Islamischer Staat im Irak und Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in (Groß-)Syrien“

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Es war das erste Mal, dass sich der ISIS, der sich in Syrien und im Irak ausgebreitet hat, zu einem Anschlag im sunnitisch dominierten Saudi-Arabien bekannt hat.“
  2. Was will die ISIS? Was bedeuten die Begriffe Islamischer Staat, ISIS und ISIL?

Synonyms

ISIGIsigISILIsilIsis

This word in other languages

ISIS(English)ISIS(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iiss
  • isiss
  • issi
  • issis
  • siis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ISIS - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iiss2isiss1issi2issis1siis2
Edit distance from "ISIS"

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 "ISIS"?
"ISIS" is spelled I-S-I-S.
What does "ISIS" mean?
As an abbreviation, "ISIS" means: Abkürzung für die Terrorgruppe „Islamischer Staat im Irak und Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien“ bzw. „Islamischer Staat im Irak und in (Groß-)Syrien“
What words are commonly confused with "ISIS"?
"ISIS" is commonly confused with "ist", "iss", "ISO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ISIS" come from?
"ISIS" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

iPad#7,490hole#7,486Harz#7,482flog#7,469

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

case5 variantsZeile5 variantsaudio5 variantsdead5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list