# brauchen vs Brüche

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### brauchen
*verb · IPA [ˈbʁaʊ̯xn̩] · frequency rank #597*
etwas brauchen:

### Brüche
*noun · IPA [ˈbʁʏçə] · frequency rank #21,557*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Bruch

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