# born vs bru

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bru
*noun · frequency rank #39,718*
bro; bra; term of address for a man

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