# beside vs Bessie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### beside
*preposition · IPA /bɪˈsaɪd/ · frequency rank #5,190*
Next to; at the side of.

### Bessie
*name · IPA /ˈbɛsi/ · frequency rank #27,069*
A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth, also used as a formal female given name.

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