# breaking vs casting

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### casting
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #13,793*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs cast

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