# beau vs bei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bei
*preposition · IPA [baɪ̯] · frequency rank #29*
in unmittelbarer Nähe

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