# banale vs banana

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### banale
*adjective · IPA [baˈnaːlə] · frequency rank #43,741*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs banal

### banana
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #35,080*
Banane

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