# Babs vs Bess

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Babs
*name · IPA /bæbz/ · frequency rank #38,296*
A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

### Bess
*name · IPA /bɛs/ · frequency rank #26,696*
A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babs-vs-bess