bakervsBlazerTell them apart

Which to use

“baker” and “Blazer” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,463
“baker” frequency rank
#39,845
“Blazer” frequency rank
52308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baker Blazer
Definition Bäcker meist blaue Klubjacke für Männer mit Abzeichen und Metallknöpfen

Where the eye mixes baker and Blazer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
baker
6 ch
Blazer

Visual trap between baker and Blazer

A purely visual mix-up. baker ([beɪkə(r)]) and Blazer ([ˈbleːzɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baker is recorded at frequency rank #12,463, classified as anoun, pronounced [beɪkə(r)]. Blazer is at rank #39,845, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbleːzɐ].

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 52308, this pair ranks #1,101,834 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of baker vs Blazer

Shared letters: aber. Private to "baker": k. Private to "Blazer": lz.

"baker" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Blazer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bakerabker · baekr · bakerr · bakker · bakre · bbaker · bkaer
  • Blazerbalzer · bblazer · blaezr · blazerr · blazre · blazzer · bllazer · blzaer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "baker" for "Blazer" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([beɪkə(r)] versus [ˈbleːzɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "baker" or "Blazer"?
"baker" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,463 in our German list, against #39,845 for "Blazer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Blazer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,101,834 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baker" and "Blazer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blasser vs Blazer". 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 #1,101,834 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