Peeling

[ˈpiːlɪŋ]

/[ˈpiːlɪŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Peeling” is uncommon German (frequency #81,969 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,969
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine mit unterschiedlichen Wirkstoffen induzierte Schälung der (Gesichts-)Haut zur Beseitigung von Hautunreinheiten

Corpus desk

Index DE-peeling · Peeling · German

Peeling · rank #81,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,969
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Patsche

Nearest frequency peer: Patsche (-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 „Peeling“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Peeling
PropertyValue
HeadwordPeeling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpiːlɪŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Peeling“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Patsche“ (#81,967), „patients“ (#81,966), „Parteinahme“ (#81,965). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Peeling“ bei #81,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Peeling is uncommon German at frequency #81,969 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpiːlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine mit unterschiedlichen Wirkstoffen induzierte Schälung der (Gesichts-)Haut zur Beseitigung von Hautunreinheiten".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Peeling, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Peeling, spelled P-E-E-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine mit unterschiedlichen Wirkstoffen induzierte Schälung der (Gesichts-)Haut zur Beseitigung von Hautunreinheiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Peeling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das im 2-Wochen-Intervall wiederholte Peeling mit 30%iger Glycolsäure erwies sich ab der zweiten Behandlung als signifikant effektiv.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Peeling"?
"Peeling" is spelled P-E-E-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpiːlɪŋ].
What does "Peeling" mean?
As a noun, "Peeling" means: eine mit unterschiedlichen Wirkstoffen induzierte Schälung der (Gesichts-)Haut zur Beseitigung von Hautunreinheiten
How do you pronounce "Peeling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Peeling" is [ˈpiːlɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Peeling" come from?
"Peeling" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list