# brought

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɹɔt/ · frequency rank #706

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of bring

## Easily confused with
- **Broughton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brought-vs-broughton)
- **bough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bough-vs-brought)
- **bought** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bought-vs-brought)
- **bright** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bright-vs-brought)
- **Brough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brough-vs-brought)
- **borough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borough-vs-brought)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbrought`, `borught`, `broguht`, `brougght`, `broughht`, `broughtt`, `brougth`, `brouhgt`, `brrought`, `bruoght`, `rbought`

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