# Bess vs bey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bey
*noun · IPA /beɪ/ · frequency rank #19,271*
A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.

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