# Alban vs albern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Alban
*name · IPA [ˈalbaːn] · frequency rank #35,607*
männlicher Vorname

### albern
*adjective · IPA [ˈalbɐn] · frequency rank #11,585*
in unpassender und dummer Art lustig

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