# making vs marin

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### making
*verb · IPA [ˈmeɪkɪŋ] · frequency rank #18,622*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs make

### marin
*adjective · IPA [maˈʁiːn] · frequency rank #27,839*
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## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/making-vs-marin