# Boten vs broken

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Boten
*noun · IPA [ˈboːtn̩] · frequency rank #7,020*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bote

### broken
*adjective · IPA [ˈbrəʊkən] · frequency rank #25,482*
zerbrochen, kaputt, defekt, beschädigt

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