# oben vs own

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### oben
*adverb · IPA [ˈoːbn̩] · frequency rank #459*
an hoch gelegener Stelle/Ort

### own
*adjective · IPA [əʊn] · frequency rank #19,664*
eigen

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