# brewed vs browned

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### brewed
*verb · IPA /bɹuːd/ · frequency rank #23,764*
simple past and past participle of brew

### 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/brewed-vs-browned