# Baku vs banks

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Baku
*name · IPA /ˈbækuː/ · frequency rank #29,177*
The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

### banks
*noun · IPA /ˈbæŋks/ · frequency rank #2,061*
plural of bank

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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