Which to use
“bain” is a noun and “bare” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,234
- “bain” frequency rank
- #31,448
- “bare” frequency rank
- 78682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bain | bare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bad | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bar |
Letter map: bain vs bare
Shared letters muted; letters that set bain and bare apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. bain (CVVC) and bare (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for bain / bare
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bain is anoun and bareanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bain is recorded at frequency rank #47,234, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. bare is at rank #31,448, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaːʁə].
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 78682, this pair ranks #232,860 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bain vs bare
Shared letters: ab. Private to "bain": in. Private to "bare": er.
"bain" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "bare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bain" and "bare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "bain" or "bare" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bain" and "bare".
- Full dictionary entry for "bain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,860 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bain" and "bare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bain 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 #232,860 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.