# Babel vs bate

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### bate
*verb · IPA /beɪt/ · frequency rank #38,748*
To reduce the force of something; to abate.

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