voting

/[ˈvoʊtɪŋ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,562

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

voting is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs vote Pronounced [ˈvoʊtɪŋ]. Often confused with vong and voten.

Key facts for voting
PropertyValue
Headwordvoting
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvoʊtɪŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,562
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for voting is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvoʊtɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,562 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs vote".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for voting, with forms such as "ovting", "voitng", and "votign". 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, "vong", "voten", "viking", 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 voting, spelled V-O-T-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
    Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs vote

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovting,voitng,votign,votingg,votinng,votnig,votting,vtoing,vvoting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for voting

Misspelling Variants of "voting"

ovting6voitng6votign6votingg7votinng7votnig6votting7vtoing6
Misspelling Variants of "voting"

Frequency rank: #22,562 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voting"?
"voting" is spelled V-O-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvoʊtɪŋ].
What does "voting" mean?
As a verb, "voting" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs vote
What words are commonly confused with "voting"?
"voting" is commonly confused with "vong", "voten", "viking". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voting" is [ˈvoʊtɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voting" come from?
"voting" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our German index:

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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.