Petting
[ˈpɛtɪŋ]
The verdict
“Petting” is uncommon German (frequency #86,905 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,905
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jede Art von sexueller Betätigung ohne Geschlechtsverkehr
Corpus desk
Index DE-petting · Petting · German
Petting · rank #86,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,905
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pflanz
Nearest frequency peer: pflanz (+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 „Petting“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- pessimistis…
pessimistische
13,100 corpus weight
- Petras
Petras
13,099 corpus weight
- Petting
Petting
13,096 corpus weight
- pflanz
pflanz
13,095 corpus weight
- Pflanzenart
Pflanzenart
13,094 corpus weight
- Pfuhl
Pfuhl
13,092 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Petting“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Petting |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɛtɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Petting“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Petting is uncommon German at frequency #86,905 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɛtɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jede Art von sexueller Betätigung ohne Geschlechtsverkehr".
Petting doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Petting, spelled P-E-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1jede Art von sexueller Betätigung ohne Geschlechtsverkehr
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Petting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Freundin und ich haben bisher nur Petting gemacht.
„Junge Leute beginnen meistens in der Form des Petting ihre ersten sexuellen Erfahrungen zu sammeln, mit Liebkosungen, Streicheln, Küssen oder sich aneinander schmiegen.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).