# ändern vs Andersen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ändern
*verb · IPA [ˈɛndɐn] · frequency rank #1,026*
anders machen

### Andersen
*name · IPA [ˈandɐzn̩] · frequency rank #28,055*
Familienname, Nachname

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