# bans vs bari

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bans
*noun · IPA /bænz/ · frequency rank #11,342*
plural of ban

### bari
*noun · IPA /ˈbæɹi/ · frequency rank #35,621*
A baritone saxophone

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