# baby vs baka

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### baby
*noun · IPA /ˈbeɪ̯.bi/ · frequency rank #547*
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.

### baka
*noun · IPA /ˈbɑːkə/ · frequency rank #44,633*
An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.

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