diving

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The verdict

“diving” is uncommon German (frequency #92,778 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,778
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-diving · diving · German

diving · rank #92,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,778
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH divergent

Nearest frequency peer: divergent (-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 „diving“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for diving
PropertyValue
Headworddiving
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,778
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „diving“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „divergent“ (#92,777), „Diven“ (#92,776), „Dienstausweis“ (#92,774). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „diving“ bei #92,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

diving is uncommon German at frequency #92,778 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs dive".

diving has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is diving, spelled D-I-V-I-N-G.

Definition

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

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 "diving"?
"diving" is spelled D-I-V-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "diving" mean?
As a verb, "diving" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs dive
How do you pronounce "diving"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diving" 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 "diving", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list