# bales

> English word · Noun · IPA /beɪlz/ · frequency rank #29,926

## Definitions
1. plural of bale

## Easily confused with
- **Bas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bas)
- **bes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bes)
- **BLS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bls)
- **BLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-ble)
- **base** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-base)
- **ball** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-ball)
- **bars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bars)
- **bass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bass)
- **bare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bare)
- **blew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-blew)
- **bees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bees)
- **bats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bats)
- **Bali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bali)
- **bans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bans)
- **bays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bays)
- **bane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bane)
- **balm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-balm)
- **bile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bile)
- **bled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bled)
- **bate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-bate)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ables`, `baels`, `baless`, `balles`, `balse`, `bbales`, `blaes`

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