sporting

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The verdict

“sporting” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,016
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-sporting · sporting · German

sporting · rank #47,016 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,016
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spitzenpositi…

Nearest frequency peer: Spitzenposition (-2 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 „sporting“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „sporting“ 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).

sporting vs spring
75% similar
sporting vs TO
0% similar
sporting vs video
0% similar

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

Key facts for sporting
PropertyValue
Headwordsporting
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,016
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sporting“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sportingliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Spitzenposition“ (#47,014), „Spielpraxis“ (#47,013), „stammend“ (#47,019). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sporting“ bei #47,016. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sporting (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,016 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs sport".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sporting, with forms such as "psorting", "soprting", and "sporitng". 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, "spring", "TO", "video", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sporting, spelled S-P-O-R-T-I-N-G.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psorting
  • soprting
  • sporitng
  • sporrting
  • sportign
  • sportingg
  • sportinng
  • sportnig
  • sportting
  • spotring
  • spporting
  • sproting
  • ssporting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sporting - 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.

psorting2soprting2sporitng2sporrting1sportign2sportingg1sportinng1sportnig2
Edit distance from "sporting"

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 "sporting"?
"sporting" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "sporting" mean?
As a verb, "sporting" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs sport
What words are commonly confused with "sporting"?
"sporting" is commonly confused with "spring", "TO", "video". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sporting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sporting" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sporting" come from?
"sporting" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stammend#47,019Sperling#47,010Speichen#47,009Steiners#47,023

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

students13 variantssometimes13 variantsschwirren13 variantsschwinge13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list