# BCE vs byte

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### BCE
*adverb · frequency rank #25,294*
Initialism of Before the Common Era, Before the Current Era, or Before the Christian Era.

### byte
*noun · IPA /baɪt/ · frequency rank #23,771*
A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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