# been vs ber

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ber
*noun · IPA [ˈbeːr] · frequency rank #46,964*
Mutación suave del sustantivo colectivo per ('peras').

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