# Progression vs progressiven

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Progression
*noun · IPA [pʁoɡʁɛˈsi̯oːn] · frequency rank #25,715*
Zunahme, Steigerung, Fortschreiten

### progressiven
*adjective · IPA [pʁoɡʁɛˈsiːvn̩] · frequency rank #21,392*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs progressiv

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