# widen vs wren

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### widen
*verb · IPA /ˈwaɪdn̩/ · frequency rank #21,113*
To become wide or wider.

### wren
*noun · IPA /ɹɛn/ · frequency rank #25,979*
Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).

## Source
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