Which to use
“albern” and “alberne” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,585
- “albern” frequency rank
- #38,565
- “alberne” frequency rank
- 50150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | albern | alberne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in unpassender und dummer Art lustig | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs albern |
Where the eye mixes albern and alberne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. albern runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against alberne's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between albern and alberne
A purely visual mix-up. albern ([ˈalbɐn]) and alberne ([ˈalbɐnə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “albern” sits inside “alberne”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
albern is recorded at frequency rank #11,585, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈalbɐn]. alberne is at rank #38,565, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈalbɐnə].
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 50150, this pair ranks #1,184,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of albern vs alberne
Shared letters: abelnr. Private to "albern": -. Private to "alberne": -.
"albern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "alberne" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "albern" for "alberne" ever safe?
Which is more common, "albern" or "alberne"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "albern" and "alberne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "albern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alberne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,184,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "albern" and "alberne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alberne vs alternde". 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 #1,184,738 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.