# beans vs burns

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### beans
*noun · IPA /biːnz/ · frequency rank #5,660*
plural of bean

### burns
*verb · IPA /bɜːnz/ · frequency rank #4,742*
third-person singular simple present indicative of burn

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