# bad vs bane

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### bad
*noun · IPA \bad\ · frequency rank #5,525*
Badminton.

### bane
*noun · IPA \ban\ · frequency rank #47,740*
Hotte pour les vendanges.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/bad-vs-bane