# brakes

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹeɪks/ · frequency rank #8,248

## Definitions
1. plural of brake

## Easily confused with
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-broke)
- **brave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-brave)
- **brass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-brass)
- **brats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-brats)
- **broken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-broken)
- **breaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-breaks)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-broker)
- **braves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-braves)
- **brides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-brides)
- **bribes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-bribes)
- **brazen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-brazen)
- **braver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-braver)
- **Bruges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-bruges)
- **braved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-braved)
- **brutes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-brutes)
- **breaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-breaker)
- **bravest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-bravest)
- **breakers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brakes-vs-breakers)
- **bake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bake-vs-brakes)
- **baker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-brakes)

## Common misspellings (8)
`barkes`, `bbrakes`, `brakess`, `brakkes`, `brakse`, `brkaes`, `brrakes`, `rbakes`

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