# broken vs Brooke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### broken
*verb · IPA /ˈbɹəʊ.kn̩/ · frequency rank #1,387*
past participle of break

### Brooke
*name · IPA /bɹʊk/ · frequency rank #10,171*
A surname from Middle English.

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