# bead vs bee

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bead
*noun · IPA /biːd/ · frequency rank #16,178*
Prayer, later especially with a rosary.

### bee
*noun · IPA /ˈbiː/ · frequency rank #6,114*
A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

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