# bike vs broke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bike
*noun · IPA /baɪk/ · frequency rank #2,819*
Clipping of bicycle.

### broke
*verb · IPA /bɹəʊk/ · frequency rank #1,477*
simple past of break

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