growing
[ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ]
The verdict
“growing” is uncommon German (frequency #85,326 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,326
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs grow
Corpus desk
Index DE-growing · growing · German
growing · rank #85,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,326
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Groitzsch
Nearest frequency peer: Groitzsch (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “growing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Grillfleisch
Grillfleisch
14,678 corpus weight
- grinder
grinder
14,677 corpus weight
- Groitzsch
Groitzsch
14,676 corpus weight
- growing
growing
14,675 corpus weight
- grummeln
grummeln
14,674 corpus weight
- grupp
grupp
14,672 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “growing” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | growing |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “growing” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
growing is uncommon German at frequency #85,326 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs grow".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for growing, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is growing, spelled G-R-O-W-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs grow
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.