# bald vs build

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### bald
*adverb · IPA [balt] · frequency rank #417*
kurze Zeit danach

### build
*verb · IPA [bɪld] · frequency rank #27,656*
bauen, errichten (ein Gebäude, etc.), erbauen

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