# Bern vs bird

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Bern
*name · IPA [bɛʁn] · frequency rank #3,359*
Stadt in der Schweiz; Bundesstadt der Schweiz

### bird
*noun · IPA [bɜːd] · frequency rank #18,499*
Vogel

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