# been vs biel

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### biel
*noun · IPA [bʲɛl] · frequency rank #23,446*
Weiß

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