# banal vs Basalt

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### banal
*adjective · IPA [baˈnaːl] · frequency rank #26,318*
ohne großen Anspruch

### Basalt
*noun · IPA [baˈzalt] · frequency rank #43,040*
dunkles, sehr hartes Gestein vulkanischen Ursprungs

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