# borne

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɔːn/ · frequency rank #11,658

## Definitions
1. past participle of bear

## Etymology
From Middle English boren, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, past participle of Old English beran (“to carry, bear”).

## Easily confused with
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-burn)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-bose)
- **bree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-bree)
- **brie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-brie)
- **Boro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-boro)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-bowe)
- **bound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-bound)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-burns)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-burnt)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-burke)
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-bowie)
- **Boyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-boyle)
- **Byrne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-byrne)
- **Boyce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-boyce)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-brine)
- **boron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-boron)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-burned)
- **bounce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-bounce)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-burner)
- **bourne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-bourne)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bborne`, `bonre`, `boren`, `bornne`, `borrne`, `brone`, `obrne`

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