# bail vs Bali

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bail
*noun · IPA /beɪl/ · frequency rank #6,988*
Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

### Bali
*name · IPA /ˈbɑːli/ · frequency rank #11,340*
A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.

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