# brows vs browse

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### brows
*noun · IPA /bɹaʊz/ · frequency rank #18,508*
plural of brow

### browse
*verb · IPA /bɹaʊz/ · frequency rank #13,109*
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.

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