# broke

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɹəʊk/ · frequency rank #1,477

## Definitions
1. simple past of break
2. past participle of break

## Etymology
Ablauted form of break.

## Easily confused with
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-bros)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brow)
- **Brom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brom)
- **brown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brown)
- **Bruce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-bruce)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-burke)
- **brook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brook)
- **Bronx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-bronx)
- **broom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-broom)
- **brute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brute)
- **broth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-broth)
- **brows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brows)
- **brood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brood)
- **broken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-broken)
- **bronze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-bronze)
- **brooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brooks)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-broker)
- **Brooke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brooke)
- **browse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-browse)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bro-vs-broke)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbroke`, `borke`, `brkoe`, `broek`, `brokke`, `brroke`, `rboke`

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