Which to use
“being” is a verb and “brink” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,514
- “being” frequency rank
- #37,421
- “brink” frequency rank
- 56935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | being | brink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs be | Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) |
Letter map: being vs brink
Shared letters muted; letters that set being and brink apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for being / brink
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: being is averb and brinkanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
being is recorded at frequency rank #19,514, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbiː.ɪŋ]. brink is at rank #37,421, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56935, this pair ranks #920,997 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of being vs brink
Shared letters: bin. Private to "being": eg. Private to "brink": kr.
"being" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "being" and "brink" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "being" vs "brink" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "being" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #920,997 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "being" and "brink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brink vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #920,997 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.