smiling

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The verdict

“smiling” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-smiling · smiling · German

smiling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for smiling
PropertyValue
Headwordsmiling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “smiling” sits in German frequency

smiling falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

smiling is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs smile".

No misspelling variants are generated for smiling in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is smiling, spelled S-M-I-L-I-N-G.

Definition

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "smiling"?
"smiling" is spelled S-M-I-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "smiling" mean?
As a verb, "smiling" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs smile
How do you pronounce "smiling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "smiling" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "smiling" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list