turning
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The verdict
“turning” is uncommon German (frequency #71,939 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,939
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs turn
Corpus desk
Index DE-turning · turning · German
turning · rank #71,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,939
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH trojanischen
Nearest frequency peer: trojanischen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „turning“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- trimmen
trimmen
28,066 corpus weight
- trojanischen
trojanischen
28,063 corpus weight
- turning
turning
28,062 corpus weight
- Tutoren
Tutoren
28,061 corpus weight
- tönte
tönte
28,059 corpus weight
- Türklinke
Türklinke
28,058 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „turning“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turning |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „turning“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
turning is uncommon German at frequency #71,939 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs turn".
turning has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is turning, spelled T-U-R-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs turn
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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