# Banane vs Bänke

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Bänke
*noun · IPA [ˈbɛŋkə] · frequency rank #21,561*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Bank

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