# Banane vs Bange

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Banane
*noun · IPA [baˈnaːnə] · frequency rank #13,103*
längliche, meist gelbe tropische Frucht

### Bange
*noun · IPA [ˈbaŋə] · frequency rank #17,521*
Angst, Furcht, Scheu

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