ba
/bɑ/noun, particle
ba is spelled B-A: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ba means “A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ba is bas.
How many letters and syllables are in ba?
| Letters | 2: B-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,778th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ba?
Ba appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ba?
- UK /bɑː/
- UK /bɔː/
- US /bɑ/
As a particle (“Used to indicate a tentative suggestion”): [p˭ɑ˨].
Ba has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ba?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ba from its last stressed vowel (/ɑ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ba
- bas plural
- ba'
- bah
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
- 2
colloquialFather, baba.
- 3
A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.
- 4
Abbreviation of bathroom.
2 beds, 1 ba
particle
- 1
Used to indicate a tentative suggestion.
I think you should go see a doctor ba.
- 2
Used to indicate confident speculation.
noun
- 1
Initialism of Bachelor of Arts.
- 2
Initialism of business analyst.
- 3
Initialism of breast augmentation.
- 4
Initialism of Basic Authentication.
- 5
Abbreviation of bathroom.
- 6
Initialism of bongkrek acid.
- 7
Initialism of breathing apparatus.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of badass.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).