testing

/[…]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,175

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

testing is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs test Pronounced […]. Often confused with TO and video.

Key facts for testing
PropertyValue
Headwordtesting
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,175
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of testing in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for testing is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,175 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs test".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for testing, with forms such as "etsting", "tesitng", and "tessting". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TO", "video", "Trump", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is testing, spelled T-E-S-T-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etsting,tesitng,tessting,testign,testingg,testinng,testnig,testting,tetsing,tseting,ttesting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for testing

Misspelling Variants of "testing"

etsting7tesitng7tessting8testign7testingg8testinng8testnig7testting8
Misspelling Variants of "testing"

Frequency rank: #42,175 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.