# banking vs breaking

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### banking
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #12,866*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs bank

### breaking
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #17,242*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs break

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/banking-vs-breaking