# bane vs barge

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### barge
*noun · IPA \baʁʒ\ · frequency rank #28,069*
Oiseau limicole du genre Limosa.

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