# born vs bout

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bout
*noun · IPA /ˈbaʊt/ · frequency rank #6,547*
A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.

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