# bait vs basta

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### bait
*noun · IPA [beɪt] · frequency rank #45,151*
der Köder, das Lockmittel

### basta
*intj · IPA [ˈbasta] · frequency rank #28,545*
es reicht; es ist genug!

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