being
[ˈbiː.ɪŋ]
The verdict
“being” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,514
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs be
Corpus desk
Index DE-being · being · German
being · rank #19,514 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,514
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beheimatet
Nearest frequency peer: beheimatet (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „being“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- befürchtete
befürchtete
80,490 corpus weight
- beging
beging
80,489 corpus weight
- beheimatet
beheimatet
80,488 corpus weight
- being
being
80,487 corpus weight
- beschissenen
beschissenen
80,485 corpus weight
- Besorgnis
Besorgnis
80,484 corpus weight
What this shows „being“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | being |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbiː.ɪŋ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #19,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „being“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around being (IPA [ˈbiː.ɪŋ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,514 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs be".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for being, with forms such as "bbeing", "beign", and "beingg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bin", "big", "Berg", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is being, spelled B-E-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs be
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeing
- beign
- beingg
- beinng
- benig
- bieng
- ebing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of being - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "being", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).