# bares vs based

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### bares
*adjective · IPA [ˈbaːʁəs] · frequency rank #21,894*
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bar

### based
*verb · IPA [beɪst] · frequency rank #18,820*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs base

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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