modelling

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The verdict

“modelling” is uncommon German (frequency #95,974 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,974
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-modelling · modelling · German

modelling · rank #95,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,974
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mittelständis…

Nearest frequency peer: mittelständisches (-2 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 „modelling“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „modelling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for modelling
PropertyValue
Headwordmodelling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,974
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „modelling“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).modellingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mittelständisches“ (#95,972), „Modernismus“ (#95,976), „Mittelsmänner“ (#95,971). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „modelling“ bei #95,974. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

modelling is uncommon German at frequency #95,974 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs model".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for modelling, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is modelling, spelled M-O-D-E-L-L-I-N-G.

Definition

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

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 "modelling"?
"modelling" is spelled M-O-D-E-L-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "modelling" mean?
As a verb, "modelling" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs model
How do you pronounce "modelling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modelling" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list