# breaking vs gadget

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### gadget
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #39,948*
(kleiner -e -es, innovativer -e -es) Apparat, Gerät, Vorrichtung

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