ISR

abbrev

The verdict

“ISR” is uncommon German (frequency #72,574 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,574
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für Interrupt Service Routine, zu deutsch Unterbrechungsroutine

Corpus desk

Index DE-isr · ISR · German

ISR · rank #72,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,574
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH ism

Nearest frequency peer: ism (-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 “ISR”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “ISR” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ISR
PropertyValue
HeadwordISR
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#72,574
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “ISR” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ISRliegt hier:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „ism“ (#72,573), „Investitionsvolumen“ (#72,572), „Inuit“ (#72,571). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ISR is uncommon German at frequency #72,574 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung für Interrupt Service Routine, zu deutsch Unterbrechungsroutine".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ISR, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ISR, spelled I-S-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für Interrupt Service Routine, zu deutsch Unterbrechungsroutine

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bei der Unterbrechung wird die ISR ausgeführt, die der Unterbrechungsquelle zugeordnet ist.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ISR"?
"ISR" is spelled I-S-R.
What does "ISR" mean?
As an abbreviation, "ISR" means: Abkürzung für Interrupt Service Routine, zu deutsch Unterbrechungsroutine
What language does "ISR" come from?
"ISR" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list