# bac vs by

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### bac
*noun · IPA \bak\ · frequency rank #2,217*
Auge destinée à divers usages.

### by
*noun · IPA \bi\ · frequency rank #2,462*
Fossé qui traverse un étang, aboutissant à sa bonde.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/bac-vs-by