Below-Bellow | Commonly Confused Words

Below

/bɪˈləʊ/

In a lower place or position; under something else

Below the ridge were some tents.Voices came up from the garden below.The dark water far below us was as black as oil.

/ˈbeləʊ/

To shout loudly and powerfully, often in anger or pain

Below often implies a position or place that is lower than something else, like the ground below the tree.
Bellow involves a loud noise or shout, often used to describe shouting or the sound an angry animal makes.
Below has an o as in low, indicating its spatial meaning.
Bellow has two ls, indicating a louder, stronger sound, similar to a yell.
Remember that you can quietly drop something ‘below’, but you would need to loudly ‘bellow’ to be heard.