# nation vs shining

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### nation
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #3,758*
Nation

### shining
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #49,252*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs shine

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