baba
/ˈbɑːbɑː/noun
baba is spelled B-A-B-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baba means “A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baba is babas.
How many letters and syllables are in baba?
| Letters | 4: B-A-B-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 baba?
Baba appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 baba?
- /ˈbɑːbɑː/
- /ˈbɑːbə/
- /ˈbæbə/
Baba 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-baba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with baba
Also written: ba-ba (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with baba?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as baba.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: abba.
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 baba
- babas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- 2
A grandmother.
- 3
An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an Eastern European culture.
- 4
A father.
"The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter. I've missed you so." "I've missed you too, baba."
- 5
A holy man, a spiritual leader.
- 6
BritishIndiaA baby, child.
- 7
In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
Oh, it's storytime! Let me get my baba.
noun
- 1
A male Peranakan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).