# baue vs beau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### baue
*verb · IPA [ˈbaʊ̯ə] · frequency rank #12,670*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bauen

### beau
*adjective · IPA [bo] · frequency rank #33,995*
schön, gut, angenehm

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