# gern vs girl

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### gern
*adverb · IPA [ɡɛʁn] · frequency rank #616*
mit Freude

### girl
*noun · IPA [ɡɜːl] · frequency rank #5,266*
das Mädchen, das Mädel, die junge Frau

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gern-vs-girl