# being vs bins

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### being
*verb · IPA [ˈbiː.ɪŋ] · frequency rank #19,514*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs be

### bins
*noun · IPA [bɪnz] · frequency rank #31,472*
Plural des Substantivs bin

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