# walking vs working

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### walking
*verb · IPA [wɔːkɪŋ] · frequency rank #12,632*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs walk

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/walking-vs-working