# bet vs byte

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bet
*noun · IPA /ˈbɛt/ · frequency rank #1,684*
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).

### byte
*noun · IPA /baɪt/ · frequency rank #23,771*
A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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