computingvsiiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: computing is a verb, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“computing” is a verb and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,946
“computing” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
26466
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature computing ii
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs compute Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: computing vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set computing and ii apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

9 ch
computing
2 ch
ii

Part-of-speech tell for computing / ii

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: computing is averb and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 7 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

computing is recorded at frequency rank #25,946, classified as averb, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 26466, this pair ranks #1,817,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of computing vs ii

Shared letters: i. Private to "computing": cgmnoptu. Private to "ii": -.

"computing" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • computingccomputing · cmoputing · commputing · compputing · comptuing · compuitng · computign · computingg

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "computing" for "ii" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "computing" is a verb and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "computing" vs "ii" - which ranks higher?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #25,946 for "computing". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "computing" and "ii". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "computing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,817,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "computing" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "computing vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,817,633 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list