# Altern vs Austern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Austern
*noun · IPA [ˈaʊ̯stɐn] · frequency rank #38,610*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Auster

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