# Benz vs Bess

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Benz
*name · IPA /bɛnz/ · frequency rank #13,102*
A surname from German.

### Bess
*name · IPA /bɛs/ · frequency rank #26,696*
A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

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