# bean vs bei

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### bean
*noun · IPA \biːn\ · frequency rank #28,459*
Haricot.

### bei
*preposition · IPA \baɪ̯\ · frequency rank #23,777*
Près de.

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