# bavard vs bayard

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### bavard
*adjective · IPA \ba.vaʁ\ · frequency rank #24,121*
Qui a l’habitude de bavarder.

### bayard
*noun · IPA \ba.jaʁ\ · frequency rank #24,875*
Instrument pour porter les fardeaux.

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