# begin vs being

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### begin
*verb · IPA /bɪˈgɪn/ · frequency rank #31,255*
começar

### being
*conjunction · IPA /ˈbiː.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #20,214*
já que, dado (que):

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