# monitoring vs thinking

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### monitoring
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #21,701*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs monitor

### thinking
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,821*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs think

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/monitoring-vs-thinking