# blauen vs blue

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### blauen
*verb · IPA [ˈblaʊ̯ən] · frequency rank #3,568*
blau werden (besonders vom Himmel)

### blue
*adjective · IPA [bluː] · frequency rank #5,069*
blau

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