# going vs gonna

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### going
*verb · IPA [ˈɡəʊɪŋ] · frequency rank #19,246*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs go

### gonna
*abbrev · IPA [ˈɡɒnə] · frequency rank #27,755*
Verkürzung von going to (vor einem bloßen Infinitiv)

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