running
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The verdict
“running” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,470
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs run
Corpus desk
Index DE-running · running · German
running · rank #15,470 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,470
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rundgang
Nearest frequency peer: Rundgang (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „running“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ROMs
ROMs
84,534 corpus weight
- Rundgang
Rundgang
84,532 corpus weight
- running
running
84,531 corpus weight
- Schlucht
Schlucht
84,530 corpus weight
- Schriftzug
Schriftzug
84,529 corpus weight
- Schulabschl…
Schulabschluss
84,528 corpus weight
What this shows „running“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | running |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „running“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around running (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,470 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs run".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for running, with forms such as "rnuning", "rrunning", and "runing". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TO", "video", "Trump", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is running, spelled R-U-N-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs run
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rnuning
- rrunning
- runing
- runinng
- runnign
- runningg
- runninng
- runnnig
- urnning
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of running - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "running", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).