# began vs Bevan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### began
*verb · IPA /bɪˈɡæn/ · frequency rank #894*
simple past of begin

### Bevan
*name · frequency rank #31,080*
A surname from Welsh.

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