# been vs ber

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ber
*noun · IPA /bɛə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #34,795*
A fruit-bearing tree (Ziziphus mauritiana); Indian jujube.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/been-vs-ber