developing
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The verdict
“developing” is uncommon German (frequency #85,113 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,113
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs develop
Corpus desk
Index DE-developing · developing · German
developing · rank #85,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,113
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Deuter
Nearest frequency peer: Deuter (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “developing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- designierter
designierter
14,890 corpus weight
- Deuter
Deuter
14,889 corpus weight
- developing
developing
14,888 corpus weight
- devoten
devoten
14,887 corpus weight
- DGS
DGS
14,886 corpus weight
- Dienstherren
Dienstherren
14,885 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “developing” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | developing |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “developing” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
developing is uncommon German at frequency #85,113 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs develop".
Zero misspellings are on record for developing in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 developing, spelled D-E-V-E-L-O-P-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs develop
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency 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.