# bids vs Bir

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bids
*noun · IPA /bɪdz/ · frequency rank #8,640*
plural of bid

### Bir
*name · frequency rank #42,548*
A surname from Punjabi.

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