Which to use
“Bahama” is a noun and “Bahamas” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,517
- “Bahama” frequency rank
- #14,276
- “Bahamas” frequency rank
- 57793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bahama | Bahamas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any of the islands that constitute the Bahamas. | An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas. |
Letter map: Bahama vs Bahamas
Shared letters muted; letters that set Bahama and Bahamas apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Bahama runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against Bahamas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Bahama / Bahamas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Bahama is anoun and Bahamasaname. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Bahama” sits inside “Bahamas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bahama is recorded at frequency rank #43,517, classified as anoun. Bahamas is at rank #14,276, tagged as aname, pronounced /bəˈhɑː.məz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 57793, this pair ranks #116,912 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Bahama vs Bahamas
Shared letters: abhm. Private to "Bahama": -. Private to "Bahamas": s.
"Bahama" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Bahamas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Bahama" and "Bahamas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Bahama" or "Bahamas" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Bahama" and "Bahamas".
- Full dictionary entry for "Bahama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Bahamas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,912 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bahama" and "Bahamas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bahama vs Bahamian". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #116,912 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.