coaching
[ˈkəʊtʃɪŋ]
The verdict
“coaching” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #14,265 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #14,265
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs coach
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coaching |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkəʊtʃɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coaching” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for coaching is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkəʊtʃɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,265 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs coach".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for coaching, with forms such as "caoching", "ccoaching", and "coacching". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is coaching, spelled C-O-A-C-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs coach
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: caoching,ccoaching,coacching,coachhing,coachign,coachingg,coachinng,coachnig,coacihng,coahcing,cocahing,ocaching
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coaching - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “coaching”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-A-C-H-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkəʊtʃɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.