boring

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The verdict

“boring” is uncommon German (frequency #88,720 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,720
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs bore

Key facts for boring
PropertyValue
Headwordboring
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,720
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “boring” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). boring lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boring is uncommon German at frequency #88,720 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs bore".

No generated misspelling entries exist for boring in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is boring, spelled B-O-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs bore

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boring"?
"boring" is spelled B-O-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "boring" mean?
As a verb, "boring" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs bore
How do you pronounce "boring"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boring" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boring" come from?
"boring" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “boring”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-O-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list