# Babel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbeɪ.bl̩/ · frequency rank #32,287

## Definitions
1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.

## Etymology
From Latin Babel, from Biblical Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel, “Babylon”), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim); in Genesis associated with the idea of confusion. Doublet of Babylon.

## Easily confused with
- **BAE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bae)
- **bel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bel)
- **bal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bal)
- **bbl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bbl)
- **baby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-baby)
- **base** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-base)
- **ball** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-ball)
- **bare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bare)
- **bail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bail)
- **bake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bake)
- **bale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bale)
- **bane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bane)
- **Baek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-baek)
- **babu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-babu)
- **Bebe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bebe)
- **Baez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-baez)
- **Babs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-babs)
- **bate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bate)
- **Biel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-biel)
- **bade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babel-vs-bade)

## Common misspellings (5)
`babbel`, `babell`, `baebl`, `bbabel`, `bbael`

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