sharing

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The verdict

“sharing” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,768
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-sharing · sharing · German

sharing · rank #21,768 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,768
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sekretariat

Nearest frequency peer: Sekretariat (-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 „sharing“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „sharing“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sharing vs spring
71% similar
sharing vs String
57% similar
sharing vs Sharon
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sharing
PropertyValue
Headwordsharing
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,768
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sharing“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sharingliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sekretariat“ (#21,767), „Sims“ (#21,769), „Seile“ (#21,766). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sharing“ bei #21,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sharing (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,768 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs share".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sharing, with forms such as "hsaring", "sahring", and "shairng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "spring", "String", "Sharon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sharing, spelled S-H-A-R-I-N-G.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsaring
  • sahring
  • shairng
  • sharign
  • sharingg
  • sharinng
  • sharnig
  • sharring
  • shharing
  • shraing
  • ssharing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sharing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hsaring2sahring2shairng2sharign2sharingg1sharinng1sharnig2sharring1
Edit distance from "sharing"

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 "sharing"?
"sharing" is spelled S-H-A-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "sharing" mean?
As a verb, "sharing" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs share
What words are commonly confused with "sharing"?
"sharing" is commonly confused with "spring", "String", "Sharon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sharing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sharing" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sharing" come from?
"sharing" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sowjets#21,773speaker#21,774Stangen#21,780reisten#21,745

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

sanieren11 variantsstudiere11 variantsTheologe11 variantsTutorial11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list