# baton vs bats

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### baton
*noun · IPA /ˈbætɒn/ · frequency rank #12,190*
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.

### bats
*noun · IPA /bæts/ · frequency rank #9,286*
plural of bat

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