Which to use
“bara” and “bury” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,884
- “bara” frequency rank
- #49,536
- “bury” frequency rank
- 94420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bara | bury |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Travailler. | Enterrer, enfouir. |
Where the eye mixes bara and bury
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. bara and bury follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses bara with bury
A purely visual mix-up. bara (\ba.ʁa\) and bury (\ˈbɛɹ.i\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bara is recorded at frequency rank #44,884, classified as averb, pronounced \ba.ʁa\. bury is at rank #49,536, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈbɛɹ.i\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 94420, this pair ranks #1,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bara vs bury
Shared letters: br. Private to "bara": a. Private to "bury": uy.
"bara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "bury" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bara" for "bury" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bara" vs "bury" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bury" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bara" and "bury" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ber vs bury". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.