# bad vs ban

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### bad
*noun · IPA /bɑt/ · frequency rank #4,699*
banho

### ban
*noun · frequency rank #13,668*
proibição

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