fucking

/[ˈfʌkɪŋ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,026

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

fucking is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fuck Pronounced [ˈfʌkɪŋ]. It ranks #9,026 in German word frequency. Often confused with Fracking.

Key facts for fucking
PropertyValue
Headwordfucking
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfʌkɪŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,026
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fucking in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for fucking is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʌkɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,026 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fuck".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for fucking, with forms such as "fcuking", "ffucking", and "fuccking". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Fracking", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is fucking, spelled F-U-C-K-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fcuking,ffucking,fuccking,fucikng,fuckign,fuckingg,fuckinng,fuckking,fucknig,fukcing,ufcking

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fucking

Misspelling Variants of "fucking"

fcuking7ffucking8fuccking8fucikng7fuckign7fuckingg8fuckinng8fuckking8
Misspelling Variants of "fucking"

Frequency rank: #9,026 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fucking"?
"fucking" is spelled F-U-C-K-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʌkɪŋ].
What does "fucking" mean?
As a verb, "fucking" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fuck
What words are commonly confused with "fucking"?
"fucking" is commonly confused with "Fracking". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fucking"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fucking" is [ˈfʌkɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fucking" come from?
"fucking" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.