IHR

name

"ihr" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“IHR” is uncommon English (frequency #56,819 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,819
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acronym of International Health Regulations.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ihr · IHR · English

IHR · rank #56,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,819
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH idyll

Nearest frequency peer: idyll (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “IHR”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “IHR” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IHR
PropertyValue
HeadwordIHR
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters3
Frequency rank#56,819
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “IHR” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).IHRfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “idyll” (#56,818), “ikon” (#56,820), “ident” (#56,817). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “IHR” is #56,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IHR is uncommon English at frequency #56,819 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acronym of International Health Regulations.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for IHR in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is IHR, spelled I-H-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acronym of International Health Regulations.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In 2005, the WHO drew up a new version of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the central legal document that all member states are bound by. According to Fidler, the updated IHR, which is in force to this day, is a radical document.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "IHR"?
"IHR" is spelled I-H-R.
What does "IHR" mean?
As a proper noun, "IHR" means: Acronym of International Health Regulations.
What language does "IHR" come from?
"IHR" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list