# next vs smoking

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### next
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #9,246*
in einer Reihe folgend, nächster

### smoking
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #39,030*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs smoke

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