doing
[ˈduːɪŋ]
The verdict
“doing” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,509. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,509
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs do
Corpus desk
Index DE-doing · doing · German
doing · rank #31,509 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,509
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Digger
Nearest frequency peer: Digger (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „doing“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- devil
devil
68,495 corpus weight
- dichtes
dichtes
68,494 corpus weight
- Digger
Digger
68,493 corpus weight
- doing
doing
68,492 corpus weight
- Doktoranden
Doktoranden
68,491 corpus weight
- Dope
Dope
68,490 corpus weight
What this shows „doing“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doing |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈduːɪŋ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „doing“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around doing (IPA [ˈduːɪŋ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,509 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs do".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for doing, with forms such as "ddoing", "diong", and "doign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "don", "drin", "down", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 doing, spelled D-O-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs do
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddoing
- diong
- doign
- doingg
- doinng
- donig
- oding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doing - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).