# surprise vs working

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### surprise
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #36,658*
Überraschung

### working
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #19,089*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs work

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