Which to use
“bare” is an adjective and “bears” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,448
- “bare” frequency rank
- #44,472
- “bears” frequency rank
- 75920
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bare | bears |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bar | Plural des Substantivs bear |
Letter map: bare vs bears
Shared letters muted; letters that set bare and bears apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. bare runs 4 letters (CVCV) against bears's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for bare / bears
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bare is anadjective and bearsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bare is recorded at frequency rank #31,448, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaːʁə]. bears is at rank #44,472, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 75920, this pair ranks #296,139 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bare vs bears
Shared letters: aber. Private to "bare": -. Private to "bears": s.
"bare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "bears" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bare" and "bears" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "bare" vs "bears" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "bare" vs "bears" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "bare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bears" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,139 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bare" and "bears" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bears 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 #296,139 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.