# empire vs mining

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### empire
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #14,553*
Imperium, Reich

### mining
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #22,436*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs mine

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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