# Irma

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #28,258

## Definitions
1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A village in Alberta, Canada.
3. A village in Lombardy, Italy.
4. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

## Etymology
From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.

## Easily confused with
- **IRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irma-vs-irs)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irma-vs-isa)
- **Irv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irma-vs-irv)
- **iron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irma-vs-iron)
- **issa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irma-vs-issa)
- **Isla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irma-vs-isla)
- **isha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irma-vs-isha)
- **IA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ia-vs-irma)
- **I'm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/i-m-vs-irma)
- **IBM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ibm-vs-irma)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ira-vs-irma)
- **IMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/imo-vs-irma)
- **IMF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/imf-vs-irma)
- **Ida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ida-vs-irma)
- **IRL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irl-vs-irma)
- **IPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipa-vs-irma)
- **ire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ire-vs-irma)
- **IRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irc-vs-irma)
- **Ima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ima-vs-irma)
- **IMG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/img-vs-irma)

## Common misspellings (4)
`iram`, `irmma`, `irrma`, `rima`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/irma