# breaking vs telefonate

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### telefonate
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #24,145*
2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs telefonare

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