BachesvsbachsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Baches is a noun, bachs is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Baches” is a noun and “bachs” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,975
“Baches” frequency rank
#22,638
“bachs” frequency rank
70613
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Baches bachs
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bach 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bach

Letter map: Baches vs bachs

Shared letters muted; letters that set Baches and bachs apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
Baches
5 ch
bachs

Part-of-speech tell for Baches / bachs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Baches is anoun and bachsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Baches is recorded at frequency rank #47,975, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbaxəs]. bachs is at rank #22,638, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 70613, this pair ranks #440,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Baches vs bachs

Shared letters: abchs. Private to "Baches": e. Private to "bachs": -.

"Baches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "bachs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bachesabches · bacches · bacehs · bachess · bachhes · bachse · bahces · bbaches
  • bachsabchs · bacchs · bachhs · bachss · bacsh · bahcs · bbachs · bcahs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Baches" for "bachs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Baches" is a noun and "bachs" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Baches" vs "bachs" - which ranks higher?
"bachs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,638 in our German list, against #47,975 for "Baches". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Baches" and "bachs". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Baches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bachs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #440,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Baches" and "bachs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Baches vs bitches". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #440,975 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list