# ballerina vs ballern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ballerina
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #37,382*
die Balletttänzerin, die Tänzerin

### ballern
*verb · IPA [ˈbalɐn] · frequency rank #33,457*
laute, krachende Geräusche machen

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