# bowed vs browned

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### browned
*verb · IPA /bɹaʊnd/ · frequency rank #40,159*
simple past and past participle of brown

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