# Tonnen vs trennen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tonnen
*noun · IPA [ˈtɔnən] · frequency rank #3,404*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tonne

### trennen
*verb · IPA [ˈtʁɛnən] · frequency rank #3,779*
Personen oder Sachen auseinanderbringen

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