# bled vs Brea

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bled
*verb · IPA /ˈblɛd/ · frequency rank #22,011*
simple past and past participle of bleed

### Brea
*name · frequency rank #38,316*
A surname from Galician.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bled-vs-brea