# baker's vs bakes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### baker's
*adjective · frequency rank #27,733*
Slightly supernumerary; a little more than. (Derived from baker's dozen.)

### bakes
*verb · IPA /beɪks/ · frequency rank #40,135*
third-person singular simple present indicative of bake

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