# bray vs by

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### bray
*noun · IPA \breɪ\ · frequency rank #27,349*
Braiment d’un âne.

### 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/bray-vs-by