# bray vs bro

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bray
*verb · IPA /bɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #19,275*
Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

### bro
*noun · IPA /bɹoʊ/ · frequency rank #3,602*
Brother (a male sibling).

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