downing

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The verdict

“downing” is uncommon German (frequency #66,129 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,129
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-downing · downing · German

downing · rank #66,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,129
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dornbusch

Nearest frequency peer: Dornbusch (-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 „downing“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for downing
PropertyValue
Headworddowning
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,129
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „downing“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).downingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dornbusch“ (#66,128), „DPs“ (#66,130), „Doppelbett“ (#66,126). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „downing“ bei #66,129. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

downing is uncommon German at frequency #66,129 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs down".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for downing, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is downing, spelled D-O-W-N-I-N-G.

Definition

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

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list