# albern vs Alien

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Alien
*noun · IPA [ˈɛɪ̯liən] · frequency rank #13,759*
außerirdisches Lebewesen

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