# become vs biome

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### become
*verb · IPA /bɪˈkʌm/ · frequency rank #381*
begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).

### biome
*noun · IPA /ˈbaɪ.oʊm/ · frequency rank #40,150*
Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

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