Which to use
“bare” and “blade” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,448
- “bare” frequency rank
- #21,552
- “blade” frequency rank
- 53000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bare | blade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bar | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blad |
Where the eye mixes bare and blade
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. bare runs 4 letters (CVCV) against blade's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses bare with blade
A purely visual mix-up. bare ([ˈbaːʁə]) and blade ([ˈblaːdə]) 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 53000, 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]. blade is at rank #21,552, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈblaːdə].
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 53000, this pair ranks #1,075,004 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bare vs blade
Shared letters: abe. Private to "bare": r. Private to "blade": dl.
"bare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "blade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bare" and "blade" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bare" or "blade"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bare" and "blade" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,075,004 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bare" and "blade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bare vs Birk". 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 #1,075,004 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.