# bakes vs Bayer

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Bayer
*name · frequency rank #20,565*
A surname from German [in turn originating as an ethnonym].

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bakes-vs-bayer