# federal vs working

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### federal
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #21,247*
föderativ

### working
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #19,089*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs work

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