ism
[ism]
The verdict
“ism” is uncommon German (frequency #72,573 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,573
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung, insbesondere einer Person; Name
Corpus desk
Index DE-ism · ism · German
ism · rank #72,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,573
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Investitionsv…
Nearest frequency peer: Investitionsvolumen (-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 “ism”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Information…
Informationspolitik
27,434 corpus weight
- inputs
inputs
27,433 corpus weight
- Inuit
Inuit
27,430 corpus weight
- Investition…
Investitionsvolumen
27,429 corpus weight
- ism
ism
27,428 corpus weight
- ISR
ISR
27,427 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ism” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ism |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ism] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “ism” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
ism is uncommon German at frequency #72,573 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ism]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung, insbesondere einer Person; Name".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ism, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ism, spelled I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung, insbesondere einer Person; Name
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ismingiz nima?
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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