# bach

> English word · Noun · IPA /bæt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #14,274

## Definitions
1. A bachelor.
2. A small hut, especially for a man living alone.
3. Now specifically, a holiday home, typically a small, simple house of one or two rooms on the beach.

## Etymology
Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad).

## Easily confused with
- **BC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bc)
- **BH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bh)
- **bad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bad)
- **bar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bar)
- **bag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bag)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bay)
- **BBC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bbc)
- **ban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-ban)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bat)
- **bam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bam)
- **BAE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bae)
- **BTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-btc)
- **BCS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bcs)
- **Bas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bas)
- **bai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bai)
- **bal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bal)
- **bao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bao)
- **bah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bah)
- **BCE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bce)
- **bak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bach-vs-bak)

## Common misspellings (6)
`abch`, `bacch`, `bachh`, `bahc`, `bbach`, `bcah`

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