# playing vs wale

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wale
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #23,369*
Rippe, Salleiste, feste Webkante

## Source
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