BadevsbariConfusable pair

Quick tell: Bade is a name, bari is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Bade” is a name and “bari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,180
“Bade” frequency rank
#45,154
“bari” frequency rank
65334
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bade bari
Definition deutscher Familienname Hirte

Letter map: Bade vs bari

Shared letters muted; letters that set Bade and bari apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Bade and bari follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Bade
4 ch
bari

Part-of-speech tell for Bade / bari

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Bade is aname and barianoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bade is recorded at frequency rank #20,180, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈbaːdə]. bari is at rank #45,154, tagged as anoun, 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 65334, this pair ranks #610,562 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Bade vs bari

Shared letters: ab. Private to "Bade": de. Private to "bari": ir.

"Bade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "bari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bade ← abde · badde · baed · bbade · bdae
  • bari ← abri · bair · barri · bbari · brai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Bade" for "bari" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bade" is a name and "bari" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Bade" or "bari"?
"Bade" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,180 in our German list, against #45,154 for "bari". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Bade" vs "bari" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #610,562 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bade" and "bari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bari vs puzzles". 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 #610,562 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