thing
[θɪŋ]
The verdict
“thing” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,088
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein materielles Objekt, ohne Bewusstsein
Corpus desk
Index DE-thing · thing · German
thing · rank #18,088 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,088
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Thiel
Nearest frequency peer: Thiel (-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 „thing“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Superman
Superman
81,916 corpus weight
- Thiel
Thiel
81,914 corpus weight
- thing
thing
81,913 corpus weight
- Thrones
Thrones
81,912 corpus weight
- tieferen
tieferen
81,911 corpus weight
- tierisch
tierisch
81,910 corpus weight
What this shows „thing“ 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 | thing |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [θɪŋ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „thing“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around thing (IPA [θɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,088 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for thing, with forms such as "hting", "thhing", and "thign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "this", "Tina", "Thun", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is thing, spelled T-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1ein materielles Objekt, ohne Bewusstsein
- 2ein Wesen oder eine Existenz die nicht näher spezifiziert oder genau beschrieben werden kann
- 3eine Angelegenheit, Anliegen, Problem oder Faktor
- 4eine Handlung, Tat oder ein Verhalten
- 5was immer besessen werden kann, zum Beispiel Kleidung, Besitztümer oder Ausrüstung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What are this things lying in your room good for?
Oh see this small brown insect-like thing at the tree – I've never seen something like this before.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hting
- thhing
- thign
- thingg
- thinng
- thnig
- tihng
- tthing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thing - 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 "thing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).