# BHP vs by

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### BHP
*name · frequency rank #29,932*
BHP Group Ltd, one of the world's largest mining companies and the largest company in Australia (by market capitalization, as of 2025); (in former eras) any of its predecessor companies, back through the original Broken Hill Proprietary Company.

### by
*preposition · IPA /baɪ/ · frequency rank #24*
Near or next to.

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