# Mandel vs Mendel

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Mandel
*noun · IPA [ˈmandl̩] · frequency rank #33,179*
der essbare Same einer ungenießbaren Steinfrucht

### Mendel
*name · IPA [ˈmɛndl̩] · frequency rank #41,990*
deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

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