wrestling

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/[…]/ verb

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The verdict

“wrestling” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,467
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-wrestling · wrestling · German

wrestling · rank #20,467 · 15 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,467
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH württembergis…

Nearest frequency peer: württembergische (+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 „wrestling“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „wrestling“ 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).

wrestling vs your
0% similar
wrestling vs wtf
22% similar
wrestling vs zero
11% similar

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

Key facts for wrestling
PropertyValue
Headwordwrestling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,467
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wrestling“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).wrestlingliegt 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: „württembergische“ (#20,468), „Windenergie“ (#20,465), „zahlst“ (#20,469). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wrestling“ bei #20,467. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around wrestling (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,467 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs wrestle".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for wrestling, with forms such as "rwestling", "werstling", and "wreslting". 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, "your", "wtf", "zero", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wrestling, spelled W-R-E-S-T-L-I-N-G.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rwestling
  • werstling
  • wreslting
  • wresstling
  • wrestilng
  • wrestlign
  • wrestlingg
  • wrestlinng
  • wrestlling
  • wrestlnig
  • wresttling
  • wretsling
  • wrrestling
  • wrsetling
  • wwrestling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wrestling - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rwestling2werstling2wreslting2wresstling1wrestilng2wrestlign2wrestlingg1wrestlinng1
Edit distance from "wrestling"

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 "wrestling"?
"wrestling" is spelled W-R-E-S-T-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "wrestling" mean?
As a verb, "wrestling" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs wrestle
What words are commonly confused with "wrestling"?
"wrestling" is commonly confused with "your", "wtf", "zero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wrestling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wrestling" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wrestling" come from?
"wrestling" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

überquert#20,477versetzte#20,456Ableitung#20,482anfordern#20,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Zielgruppen15 variantsüberflutet15 variantsüberlastet15 variantsabzuwenden15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list