# ready vs smoking

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ready
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #18,370*
bereit, fertig

### 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/ready-vs-smoking