# back vs bare

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### back
*adverb · IPA [bak] · frequency rank #5,800*
entgegen, zurück, rückwärts

### bare
*adjective · IPA [ˈbaːʁə] · frequency rank #31,448*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bar

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