missing

[…]

/[…]/ verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“missing” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,357
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs miss

Corpus desk

Index DE-missing · missing · German

missing · rank #43,357 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,357
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Militarismus

Nearest frequency peer: Militarismus (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „missing“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „missing“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

missing vs Mission
57% similar
missing vs misslang
75% similar
missing vs misslingt
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for missing
PropertyValue
Headwordmissing
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,357
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „missing“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).missingliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Militarismus“ (#43,356), „messbare“ (#43,354), „Melvin“ (#43,353). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „missing“ bei #43,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around missing (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,357 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs miss".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for missing, with forms such as "imssing", "mising", and "misisng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mission", "misslang", "misslingt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is missing, spelled M-I-S-S-I-N-G.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imssing
  • mising
  • misisng
  • missign
  • missingg
  • missinng
  • missnig
  • mißing
  • mmissing
  • msising

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of missing - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imssing2mising1misisng2missign2missingg1missinng1missnig2mißing2
Edit distance from "missing"

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 "missing"?
"missing" is spelled M-I-S-S-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "missing" mean?
As a verb, "missing" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs miss
What words are commonly confused with "missing"?
"missing" is commonly confused with "Mission", "misslang", "misslingt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "missing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "missing" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "missing" come from?
"missing" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "missing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Masseur#43,345Landgut#43,320Laibach#43,318Overath#43,399

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Mauerbau10 variantsMännlein10 variantspackage10 variantsProteus10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list