# Barnes vs borne

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Barnes
*name · IPA /bɑː(ɹ)nz/ · frequency rank #7,773*
A surname.

### borne
*verb · IPA /bɔːn/ · frequency rank #11,658*
past participle of bear

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