Which to use
“Alarm” and “Album” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,793
- “Alarm” frequency rank
- #1,500
- “Album” frequency rank
- 7293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Alarm | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zur Frühwarnung oder bei Eintritt eines Schadensereignisses erfolgender Ruf zur Bereitschaft oder zur Warnung vor Gefahr | Behältnis, ursprünglich in Buchform, das mehrere Sammelobjekte enthalten kann |
Where the eye mixes Alarm and Album
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Alarm vs Album
A purely visual mix-up. Alarm ([aˈlaʁm]) and Album ([ˈalbʊm]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Alarm is recorded at frequency rank #5,793, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈlaʁm]. Album is at rank #1,500, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈalbʊm].
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 7293, this pair ranks #1,988,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Alarm vs Album
Shared letters: alm. Private to "Alarm": r. Private to "Album": bu.
"Alarm" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "Album" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Alarm" for "Album" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Alarm" or "Album"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Alarm" and "Album" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Alarm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Album" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,988,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Alarm" and "Album" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Alarm vs apart". 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 #1,988,698 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.