# elder vs fragment

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### elder
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #35,740*
ältere Person: Älterer/Ältere

### fragment
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #23,134*
Splitter, Bruchstück, Fragment, Scherbe

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