# bav vs brave

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### bav
*noun · IPA [bɑv] · frequency rank #39,229*
Vater

### brave
*adjective · IPA [bʁaːvə] · frequency rank #19,168*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brav

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