# Bette vs brett

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Bette
*name · IPA /bɛt/ · frequency rank #23,760*
A variant of Betty, a diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

### brett
*noun · frequency rank #8,762*
Alternative letter-case form of Brett (“Brettanomyces”).

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