# eating vs erging

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### erging
*verb · IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈɡɪŋ] · frequency rank #19,893*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ergehen

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