# Batavia vs Bavaria

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Batavia
*name · IPA /bəˈteɪvi.ə/ · frequency rank #40,578*
Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period.

### Bavaria
*name · IPA /bəˈvɛəɹi.ə/ · frequency rank #22,899*
A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.

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