sung
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The verdict
“sung” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,077
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing
Corpus desk
Index DE-sung · sung · German
sung · rank #27,077 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,077
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stäbchen
Nearest frequency peer: Stäbchen (-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 „sung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Streamer
Streamer
72,927 corpus weight
- Stäbchen
Stäbchen
72,925 corpus weight
- sung
sung
72,924 corpus weight
- synchron
synchron
72,923 corpus weight
- Südost
Südost
72,922 corpus weight
- südwestlich
südwestlich
72,921 corpus weight
What this shows „sung“ 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 | sung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #27,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sung (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,077 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sung, with forms such as "snug", "ssung", and "sugn". 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, "sur", "SUV", "sus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sung, spelled S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- snug
- ssung
- sugn
- sungg
- sunng
- usng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sung - 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 "sung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).