fishing
[ˈfɪʃɪŋ]
The verdict
“fishing” is uncommon German (frequency #68,218 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,218
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fish
Corpus desk
Index DE-fishing · fishing · German
fishing · rank #68,218 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,218
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fingerhut
Nearest frequency peer: Fingerhut (-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 „fishing“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- filmisch
filmisch
31,786 corpus weight
- Finanzbehör…
Finanzbehörde
31,785 corpus weight
- Fingerhut
Fingerhut
31,784 corpus weight
- fishing
fishing
31,783 corpus weight
- Fleischwurst
Fleischwurst
31,782 corpus weight
- flitzen
flitzen
31,780 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fishing“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fishing |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɪʃɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fishing“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fishing is uncommon German at frequency #68,218 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɪʃɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fish".
fishing doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is fishing, spelled F-I-S-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fish
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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