packend
[ˈpakn̩t]
The verdict
“packend” is uncommon German (frequency #71,688 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,688
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anhaltendes Interesse durch positive Emotionen erzeugend
Corpus desk
Index DE-packend · packend · German
packend · rank #71,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,688
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Paddington
Nearest frequency peer: Paddington (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „packend“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Osteopathie
Osteopathie
28,315 corpus weight
- packend
packend
28,313 corpus weight
- Paddington
Paddington
28,312 corpus weight
- Papiergeld
Papiergeld
28,311 corpus weight
- Paradieses
Paradieses
28,310 corpus weight
- pari
pari
28,309 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „packend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | packend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpakn̩t] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „packend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
packend is uncommon German at frequency #71,688 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpakn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anhaltendes Interesse durch positive Emotionen erzeugend".
packend has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is packend, spelled P-A-C-K-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1anhaltendes Interesse durch positive Emotionen erzeugend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how packend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das packende Viertelfinale der Weltmeisterschaft wurde von millionen Fans bejubelt.
„Am Themenweg Almzeit warten packend inszenierte Bergerlebnisse auf der Skigebietsseite und unberührte Naturräume auf der Stillen Seite von Sölden.“
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Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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