hearing

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The verdict

“hearing” is an uncommon German word, ranked #70,368 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#70,368
frequency rank, German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Fähigkeit zu Hören

Key facts for hearing
PropertyValue
Headwordhearing
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,368
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hearing” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hearing lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for hearing is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,368 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for hearing in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hearing, spelled H-E-A-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Fähigkeit zu Hören
  2. 2
    die Ausübung dieser Fähigkeit
  3. 3
    Bereich, in dem jemand etwas hören kann
  4. 4
    eine Möglichkeit seine Meinung zu präsentieren
  5. 5
    Verhandlung oder Anhörung vor Gericht

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 "hearing"?
"hearing" is spelled H-E-A-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "hearing" mean?
As a noun, "hearing" means: die Fähigkeit zu Hören
How do you pronounce "hearing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hearing" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hearing" come from?
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Using “hearing”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-E-A-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list