# brought vs Broughton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### brought
*verb · IPA /bɹɔt/ · frequency rank #706*
simple past and past participle of bring

### Broughton
*name · IPA /bɹɔːtən/ · frequency rank #34,411*
A number of places in the United Kingdom:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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