# playing vs retro

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### playing
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #34,851*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs play

### retro
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #12,574*
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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/playing-vs-retro