# Baal vs bean

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Baal
*name · IPA /ˈbeɪəl/ · frequency rank #33,526*
A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.

### bean
*noun · IPA /ˈbi(ː)n/ · frequency rank #7,313*
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

## Source
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