cheerleading

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The verdict

“cheerleading” is uncommon German (frequency #82,623 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,623
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs cheerlead

Corpus desk

Index DE-cheerleading · cheerleading · German

cheerleading · rank #82,623 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,623
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH chiesa

Nearest frequency peer: chiesa (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „cheerleading“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cheerleading“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cheerleading
PropertyValue
Headwordcheerleading
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters12
Frequency rank#82,623
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cheerleading“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).cheerleadingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „chiesa“ (#82,624), „chains“ (#82,621), „chillt“ (#82,625). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cheerleading“ bei #82,623. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cheerleading is uncommon German at frequency #82,623 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs cheerlead".

cheerleading doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is cheerleading, spelled C-H-E-E-R-L-E-A-D-I-N-G.

Definition

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

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 "cheerleading"?
"cheerleading" is spelled C-H-E-E-R-L-E-A-D-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "cheerleading" mean?
As a verb, "cheerleading" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs cheerlead
How do you pronounce "cheerleading"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheerleading" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cheerleading", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list