MessungvsmissingWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Messung is a noun, missing is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Messung” is a noun and “missing” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,694
“Messung” frequency rank
#43,357
“missing” frequency rank
50051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Messung missing
Definition Vorgang des Messens Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs miss

Letter map: Messung vs missing

Shared letters muted; letters that set Messung and missing apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
Messung
7 ch
missing

Role in the sentence - Messung and missing

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Messung is anoun and missingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Messung is recorded at frequency rank #6,694, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛsʊŋ]. missing is at rank #43,357, tagged as averb, 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 50051, this pair ranks #1,188,460 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Messung vs missing

Shared letters: gmns. Private to "Messung": eu. Private to "missing": i.

"Messung" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "missing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Messungemssung · messnug · messugn · messungg · messunng · mesung · mesusng · meßung
  • missingimssing · mising · misisng · missign · missingg · missinng · missnig · mißing

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Messung" and "missing" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Messung" is a noun and "missing" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Messung" or "missing"?
"Messung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,694 in our German list, against #43,357 for "missing". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Messung" and "missing".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Messung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "missing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,188,460 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Messung" and "missing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "missing 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 #1,188,460 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