Timing

/[ˈtaɪ̯mɪŋ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,015

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Timing is aGermannoun. It means: zeitliche Abstimmung, Anpassung Pronounced [ˈtaɪ̯mɪŋ]. Often confused with tuning and thing.

Key facts for Timing
PropertyValue
HeadwordTiming
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtaɪ̯mɪŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,015
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Timing is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtaɪ̯mɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,015 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zeitliche Abstimmung, Anpassung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Timing, with forms such as "itming", "tiimng", and "timign". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tuning", "thing", "taking", 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 Timing, spelled T-I-M-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
    zeitliche Abstimmung, Anpassung

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itming,tiimng,timign,timingg,timinng,timming,timnig,tmiing,ttiming

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Timing

Misspelling Variants of "Timing"

itming6tiimng6timign6timingg7timinng7timming7timnig6tmiing6
Misspelling Variants of "Timing"

Frequency rank: #16,015 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Timing"?
"Timing" is spelled T-I-M-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtaɪ̯mɪŋ].
What does "Timing" mean?
As a noun, "Timing" means: zeitliche Abstimmung, Anpassung
What words are commonly confused with "Timing"?
"Timing" is commonly confused with "tuning", "thing", "taking". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Timing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Timing" is [ˈtaɪ̯mɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Timing" come from?
"Timing" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.