simmering

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The verdict

“simmering” is uncommon German (frequency #50,883 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,883
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-simmering · simmering · German

simmering · rank #50,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,883
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH signifikanter

Nearest frequency peer: signifikanter (-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 „simmering“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for simmering
PropertyValue
Headwordsimmering
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,883
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „simmering“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.simmeringfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „signifikanter“ (#50,882), „Sitzheizung“ (#50,884), „Siebenjährige“ (#50,881). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „simmering“ bei #50,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

simmering is uncommon German at frequency #50,883 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs simmer".

No generated misspelling entries exist for simmering in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is simmering, spelled S-I-M-M-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

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

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 "simmering"?
"simmering" is spelled S-I-M-M-E-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "simmering" mean?
As a verb, "simmering" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs simmer
How do you pronounce "simmering"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "simmering" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spotlight#50,898schnurren#50,866schnarcht#50,865schlemmen#50,862

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list