# bowed vs breed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bowed
*verb · IPA /baʊd/ · frequency rank #18,773*
simple past and past participle of bow

### breed
*verb · IPA /bɹiːd/ · frequency rank #6,213*
To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

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