# bygone vs byline

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bygone
*adjective · IPA /ˈbaɪɡɒn/ · frequency rank #35,643*
Having been or happened in the distant past.

### byline
*noun · IPA /ˈbaɪlaɪn/ · frequency rank #48,644*
A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.

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