# babe vs bard

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### babe
*noun · IPA /beɪb/ · frequency rank #5,938*
A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.

### bard
*noun · IPA /bɑːd/ · frequency rank #18,490*
A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

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