# been vs bel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bel
*noun · IPA /bɛl/ · frequency rank #16,644*
A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/been-vs-bel