concerning

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The verdict

“concerning” is uncommon German (frequency #87,560 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,560
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-concerning · concerning · German

concerning · rank #87,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,560
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH combination

Nearest frequency peer: combination (-2 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 „concerning“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for concerning
PropertyValue
Headwordconcerning
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,560
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „concerning“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.concerningfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „combination“ (#87,558), „cooks“ (#87,562), „Coverversion“ (#87,564). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „concerning“ bei #87,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concerning is uncommon German at frequency #87,560 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs concern".

concerning has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is concerning, spelled C-O-N-C-E-R-N-I-N-G.

Definition

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

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Büroräumen#87,538dezimieren#87,589Diesterweg#87,592Dispersion#87,598

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list