# Ballarat vs Ballard

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ballarat
*name · IPA /ˈbæləɹæt/ · frequency rank #32,691*
A city and old gold mining town in Victoria, Australia.

### Ballard
*name · frequency rank #20,851*
An English surname.

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