# breaking vs et

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### et
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #1,447*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs eat

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