# BBQ vs by

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### BBQ
*noun · IPA \baʁ.bə.kju\ · frequency rank #27,336*
Barbecue.

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/bbq-vs-by