# albern vs alert

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### alert
*adjective · IPA [aˈlɛʁt] · frequency rank #41,635*
munter, aufgeweckt, rege, frisch

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