# been vs bet

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### been
*verb · IPA [bɪn] · frequency rank #14,246*
Past Participle des Verbs be

### bet
*verb · IPA [beːt] · frequency rank #19,850*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beten

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