TagungvstakingWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,291
“Tagung” frequency rank
#47,767
“taking” frequency rank
56058
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tagung taking
Definition (meist eintägiges) Treffen von Personen, die an einem bestimmten Thema arbeiten Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs take

Letter map: Tagung vs taking

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tagung and taking apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Tagung
6 ch
taking

Role in the sentence - Tagung and taking

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tagung is anoun and takingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tagung is recorded at frequency rank #8,291, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaːɡʊŋ]. taking is at rank #47,767, 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 56058, this pair ranks #955,225 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tagung vs taking

Shared letters: agnt. Private to "Tagung": u. Private to "taking": ik.

"Tagung" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "taking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tagungatgung · taggung · tagnug · tagugn · tagungg · tagunng · taugng · tgaung
  • takingatking · taikng · takign · takingg · takinng · takking · taknig · tkaing

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tagung" and "taking" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tagung" is a noun and "taking" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Tagung" vs "taking" - which ranks higher?
"Tagung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,291 in our German list, against #47,767 for "taking". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Tagung" and "taking". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tagung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "taking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #955,225 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tagung" and "taking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs taking". 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 #955,225 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