# ba vs bad

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### ba
*preposition · IPA /ba/ · frequency rank #8,617*
En.

### bad
*adjective · IPA /bæd/ · frequency rank #8,759*
Malo

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/ba-vs-bad