# b vs by

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### b
*character · IPA /b/ · frequency rank #440*
The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.

### by
*preposition · IPA /baɪ/ · frequency rank #24*
Near or next to.

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