# bay vs BC

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bay
*noun · IPA /beɪ/ · frequency rank #1,889*
A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.

### BC
*adverb · frequency rank #3,042*
Initialism of Before Christ.

## Source
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