Formung
[ˈfɔʁmʊŋ]
The verdict
“Formung” is uncommon German (frequency #91,602 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,602
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art, wie etwas äußerlich gestaltet, geformt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-formung · Formung · German
Formung · rank #91,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,602
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH formelles
Nearest frequency peer: formelles (-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 „Formung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fokussierten
fokussierten
8,403 corpus weight
- Folsom
Folsom
8,402 corpus weight
- formelles
formelles
8,400 corpus weight
- Formung
Formung
8,399 corpus weight
- Forscherinn…
Forscherinnen
8,398 corpus weight
- Fortdauer
Fortdauer
8,397 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Formung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Formung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁmʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Formung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Formung is uncommon German at frequency #91,602 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔʁmʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Formung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Formung, spelled F-O-R-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Art, wie etwas äußerlich gestaltet, geformt ist
- 2Beeinflussung des Charakters einer Person, der persönlichen Entwicklung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Formung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das frühe Mönchtum fand seinen Ursprung und seine Formung in der Spätantike.“
„Bildtapeten im Interieur um 1800 sind an der Herausbildung und Formung einer spezifischen, an bürgerlichen Werten orientierten Wohnkultur maßgeblich beteiligt.“
This word in other languages
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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