# bang vs baz

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bang
*noun · IPA /ˈbæŋ/ · frequency rank #4,139*
A sudden percussive noise.

### baz
*noun · frequency rank #33,533*
A metasyntactic variable used to stand for some unspecified entity; typically the third in a series after foo and bar.

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