# Beate vs beau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Beate
*name · IPA [beˈʔaːtə] · frequency rank #10,239*
weiblicher Vorname

### beau
*adjective · IPA [bo] · frequency rank #33,995*
schön, gut, angenehm

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