# birth vs Blyth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### Blyth
*name · IPA /blaɪð/ · frequency rank #45,237*
A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3181).

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