# bards vs bawdy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bards
*noun · IPA /bɑɹdz/ · frequency rank #41,524*
plural of bard

### bawdy
*adjective · IPA /ˈbɔːdi/ · frequency rank #49,205*
Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

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