# albern vs alters

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### alters
*adverb · IPA [ˈaltɐs] · frequency rank #6,387*
seit jeher, seit langer Zeit

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/albern-vs-alters