# been vs bei

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### been
*verb · IPA /bɪn/ · frequency rank #20,584*
Pasado participio del verbo to be (ser/estar).

### bei
*preposition · IPA [baɪ] · frequency rank #35,376*
Cerca de, junto a.

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