# research vs thinking

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### research
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #8,448*
Forschung, Untersuchung

### thinking
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,821*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs think

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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