Which to use
“baker's” is an adjective and “Bakers” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,733
- “baker's” frequency rank
- #23,175
- “Bakers” frequency rank
- 50908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baker's | Bakers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Slightly supernumerary; a little more than. (Derived from baker's dozen.) | A neighbourhood of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States. |
Letter map: baker's vs Bakers
Shared letters muted; letters that set baker's and Bakers apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - baker's and Bakers
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: baker's is anadjective and Bakersaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baker's is recorded at frequency rank #27,733, classified as anadj. Bakers is at rank #23,175, tagged as aname.
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 50908, this pair ranks #170,086 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of baker's vs Bakers
Shared letters: abekrs. Private to "baker's": -. Private to "Bakers": -.
"baker's" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "Bakers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Bakers ← abkers · baekrs · bakerrs · bakerss · bakesr · bakkers · bakres · bbakers
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "baker's" and "Bakers" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "baker's" or "Bakers" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "baker's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Bakers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,086 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baker's" and "Bakers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bakers vs Boers". 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 #170,086 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.