# bakes vs bane

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bane
*noun · IPA /beɪn/ · frequency rank #20,563*
A cause of misery or ruin.

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