# born vs both

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### born
*verb · IPA /bɔːn/ · frequency rank #843*
past participle of bear; given birth to.

### both
*determiner · IPA /bəʊθ/ · frequency rank #157*
Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

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