# Unding vs using

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Unding
*noun · IPA [ˈʊnˌdɪŋ] · frequency rank #38,470*
etwas völlig Widersinniges, vor allem in der Wendung ein Unding sein

### using
*verb · IPA [ˈjuːzɪŋ] · frequency rank #29,835*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs use

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