# playing vs skills

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### skills
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #16,548*
Plural des Substantivs skill

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