# been vs beets

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### been
*verb · IPA /bɪn/ · frequency rank #62*
past participle of be.

### beets
*noun · IPA /biːts/ · frequency rank #26,341*
plural of beet

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