saying
[ˈseɪɪŋ]
The verdict
“saying” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,887
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs say
Corpus desk
Index DE-saying · saying · German
saying · rank #44,887 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,887
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sanssouci
Nearest frequency peer: Sanssouci (-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 „saying“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- sailor
sailor
55,117 corpus weight
- salle
salle
55,116 corpus weight
- Sanssouci
Sanssouci
55,115 corpus weight
- saying
saying
55,114 corpus weight
- says
says
55,113 corpus weight
- Schablone
Schablone
55,112 corpus weight
What this shows „saying“ 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 | saying |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈseɪɪŋ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „saying“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around saying (IPA [ˈseɪɪŋ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,887 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs say".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for saying, with forms such as "asying", "saiyng", and "sayign". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "sing", "Swing", "sting", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is saying, spelled S-A-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs say
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asying
- saiyng
- sayign
- sayingg
- sayinng
- saynig
- sayying
- ssaying
- syaing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saying - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "saying", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).