Isny
[ˈɪsni]
The verdict
“Isny” is uncommon German (frequency #63,443 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,443
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-isny · Isny · German
Isny · rank #63,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,443
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Jahrs
Nearest frequency peer: Jahrs (+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 „Isny“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- insight
insight
36,563 corpus weight
- Instrumenta…
Instrumentalen
36,562 corpus weight
- interdiszip…
interdisziplinäres
36,561 corpus weight
- Intimbereich
Intimbereich
36,560 corpus weight
- Isny
Isny
36,558 corpus weight
- Jahrs
Jahrs
36,557 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Isny“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Isny |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪsni] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Isny“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Isny is uncommon German at frequency #63,443 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɪsni]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".
Zero misspellings are on record for Isny in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Isny, spelled I-S-N-Y.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Isny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Isny liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.
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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