# Ball vs Bau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ball
*noun · IPA [bal] · frequency rank #1,914*
kugelförmiges Objekt

### Bau
*noun · IPA [baʊ̯] · frequency rank #1,193*
Errichtung eines Hauses oder Bauwerkes

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ball-vs-bau