# Bananen vs bannen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Bananen
*noun · IPA [baˈnaːnən] · frequency rank #11,603*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Banane

### bannen
*verb · IPA [ˈbanən] · frequency rank #28,543*
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## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bananen-vs-bannen