# beat vs breast

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### beat
*noun · IPA /biːt/ · frequency rank #1,042*
A stroke; a blow.

### breast
*noun · IPA /bɹɛst/ · frequency rank #3,927*
Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.

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