# blood vs brood

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### blood
*noun · IPA /blʌd/ · frequency rank #823*
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

### brood
*noun · IPA /bɹuːd/ · frequency rank #20,863*
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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