# bird vs birth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bird
*noun · IPA /bɜːd/ · frequency rank #2,329*
An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.

### birth
*noun · IPA /bɜːθ/ · frequency rank #1,745*
The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

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