# babe vs baff

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### babe
*noun · IPA [beɪb] · frequency rank #14,745*
kleines Kind

### baff
*adjective · IPA [baf] · frequency rank #43,039*
durch etwas Unerwartetes in Erstaunen versetzt

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