Training
[ˈtʁɛːnɪŋ]
The verdict
“Training” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,993 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,993
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nachhaltige, planmäßige Übungen im Sport oder anderen Bereichen, um die Leistungen zu verbessern
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 | Training |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɛːnɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Training” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Training is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtʁɛːnɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,993 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nachhaltige, planmäßige Übungen im Sport oder anderen Bereichen, um die Leistungen zu verbessern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Training, with forms such as "rtaining", "tarining", and "traiinng". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Trainings", "trading", "tracking", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Training, spelled T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1nachhaltige, planmäßige Übungen im Sport oder anderen Bereichen, um die Leistungen zu verbessern
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtaining,tarining,traiinng,trainign,trainingg,traininng,trainnig,trainning,traniing,trianing,trraining,ttraining
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Training - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Training”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtʁɛːnɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Trainings” - see the side-by-side comparison. Training vs Trainings
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.