ihre

\ˈiː.ʁə\

/\ˈiː.ʁə\/ adj

The verdict

“ihre” is uncommon French (frequency #69,915 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,915
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominatif et accusatif féminin singulier de ihr (« sa, à elle »).

Corpus desk

Index FR-ihre · ihre · French

ihre · rank #69,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,915
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH iguanes

Nearest frequency peer: iguanes (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ihre »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ihre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ihre
PropertyValue
Headwordihre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈiː.ʁə\
Letters4
Frequency rank#69,915
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ihre » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ihretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « iguanes » (#69,914), « immigrations » (#69,916), « ids » (#69,913). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ihre » est au #69,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ihre is uncommon French at frequency #69,915 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈiː.ʁə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for ihre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ihre, spelled I-H-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominatif et accusatif féminin singulier de ihr (« sa, à elle »).
  2. 2
    Nominatif et accusatif pluriel de ihr (« ses, à elle »).
  3. 3
    Nominatif et accusatif féminin singulier de ihr (« leur »).
  4. 4
    Nominatif et accusatif pluriel de ihr (« leurs »).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vor allem die Billigfluggesellschaft Ryanair, die ihre Umläufe besonders eng taktet, schlägt Alarm. Sie meldet für dieses Jahr bereits über 5000 verspätete Flüge infolge der Misere in Griechenland. Betroffen waren fast eine Million Passagierinnen und Passagiere. Auch andere Airlines klagen über die Dauerkrise im griechischen Luftraum.
  2. Die Forschenden betonen, dass ihre Vorhersagen unsicher sind und auf heutigen Annahmen über den künftigen Superkontinent beruhen.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ihre"?
"ihre" is spelled I-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈiː.ʁə\.
What does "ihre" mean?
As an adjective, "ihre" means: Nominatif et accusatif féminin singulier de ihr (« sa, à elle »).
How do you pronounce "ihre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ihre" is \ˈiː.ʁə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ihre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list