talkingvstermineConfusable pair

Quick tell: talking is a verb, termine is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“talking” is a verb and “termine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,813
“talking” frequency rank
#4,469
“termine” frequency rank
34282
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature talking termine
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs talk der Termin

Letter map: talking vs termine

Shared letters muted; letters that set talking and termine apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

7 ch
talking
7 ch
termine

Part-of-speech tell for talking / termine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: talking is averb and termineanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

talking is recorded at frequency rank #29,813, classified as averb, pronounced […]. termine is at rank #4,469, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 34282, this pair ranks #1,666,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of talking vs termine

Shared letters: int. Private to "talking": agkl. Private to "termine": emr.

"talking" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • talkingatlking · takling · talikng · talkign · talkingg · talkinng · talkking · talknig
  • termineetrmine · temrine · terimne · termien · terminne · termmine · termnie · terrmine

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "talking" for "termine" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "talking" is a verb and "termine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "talking" vs "termine" - which ranks higher?
"termine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,469 in our German list, against #29,813 for "talking". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "talking" vs "termine" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "talking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "termine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,666,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "talking" and "termine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs talking". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,666,885 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list