thinking

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The verdict

“thinking” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,821
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-thinking · thinking · German

thinking · rank #31,821 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,821
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH thematischen

Nearest frequency peer: thematischen (-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 „thinking“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „thinking“ 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).

thinking vs TO
0% similar
thinking vs video
13% similar
thinking vs Trump
0% similar

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

Key facts for thinking
PropertyValue
Headwordthinking
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,821
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „thinking“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „thematischen“ (#31,820), „tilo“ (#31,822), „Textilindustrie“ (#31,819). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „thinking“ bei #31,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around thinking (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,821 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs think".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for thinking, with forms such as "htinking", "thhinking", and "thikning". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TO", "video", "Trump", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is thinking, spelled T-H-I-N-K-I-N-G.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htinking
  • thhinking
  • thikning
  • thinikng
  • thinkign
  • thinkingg
  • thinkinng
  • thinkking
  • thinknig
  • thinnking
  • thniking
  • tihnking
  • tthinking

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thinking - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

htinking2thhinking1thikning2thinikng2thinkign2thinkingg1thinkinng1thinkking1
Edit distance from "thinking"

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 "thinking"?
"thinking" is spelled T-H-I-N-K-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "thinking" mean?
As a verb, "thinking" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs think
What words are commonly confused with "thinking"?
"thinking" 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 "thinking"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thinking" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thinking" come from?
"thinking" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Torjäger#31,826umfahren#31,835Schurken#31,780schlägst#31,776

Similar misspelling depth

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

tutorials13 variantsStellwerk13 variantssteinigen13 variantsumgekommen13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list