# baka vs bats

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bats
*noun · IPA /bæts/ · frequency rank #9,286*
plural of bat

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