painting

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The verdict

“painting” is uncommon German (frequency #51,583 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,583
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-painting · painting · German

painting · rank #51,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,583
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH packten

Nearest frequency peer: packten (-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 „painting“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for painting
PropertyValue
Headwordpainting
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „painting“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).paintingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „packten“ (#51,582), „pancakes“ (#51,584), „Ozeanien“ (#51,581). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „painting“ bei #51,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

painting is uncommon German at frequency #51,583 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs paint".

Zero misspellings are on record for painting in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is painting, spelled P-A-I-N-T-I-N-G.

Definition

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

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 "painting"?
"painting" is spelled P-A-I-N-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "painting" mean?
As a verb, "painting" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs paint
How do you pronounce "painting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "painting" 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 "painting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pancakes#51,584Ozeanien#51,581Parterre#51,587plakativ#51,600

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list