# eating vs entging

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### eating
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #49,601*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs eat

### entging
*verb · IPA [ɛntˈɡɪŋ] · frequency rank #32,506*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs entgehen

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