# Dessau vs taking

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Dessau
*name · IPA […] · frequency rank #10,836*
Stadtteil von Dessau-Roßlau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland

### taking
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #47,767*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs take

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