iss
[ɪs]
The verdict
“iss” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,551) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6,551
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ des Verbs essen
Corpus desk
Index DE-iss · iss · German
iss · rank #6,551 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,551
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH IP
Nearest frequency peer: IP (-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 “iss”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ideologie
Ideologie
93,453 corpus weight
- Ios
Ios
93,452 corpus weight
- IP
IP
93,451 corpus weight
- iss
iss
93,450 corpus weight
- keinesfalls
keinesfalls
93,448 corpus weight
- kleinste
kleinste
93,447 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “iss” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “iss” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for iss is neighbouring look-alikes ("IT", "ix", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ɪs]. Frequency #6,551 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ des Verbs essen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for iss, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "IT", "ix", "ist", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is iss, spelled I-S-S.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ des Verbs essen
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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- "iss" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "IT". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #6,551 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.