# Baal vs Babel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Baal
*name · IPA /ˈbeɪəl/ · frequency rank #33,526*
A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.

### Babel
*name · IPA /ˈbeɪ.bl̩/ · frequency rank #32,287*
The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.

## Source
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