# Alter vs Altern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Alter
*noun · IPA [ˈaltɐ] · frequency rank #455*
alter Mann

### Altern
*noun · IPA [ˈaltɐn] · frequency rank #18,796*
Älterwerden

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