Bro or bruh?
bro is a noun meaning “Brother (a male sibling)”; bruh is a noun meaning “Alternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”)”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) bro is about 7.8 times as common as bruh.
What is the difference between bro and bruh?
| bro | bruh | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, adjective | noun, interjection |
| Meaning | ||
| Example | My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up | You're moving to Greenland? Bruh! |
| Forms | bros bros. | bruhs |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹəʊ̯/ [ˈbɹʷəʊ̯] /ˈbɹɵʊ̯/ | /bɹʌ/ |
| In writing | 25 times per million words | 3.2 times per million words |
Sources: bro and bruh in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of bro and bruh
bro
- 1
slangBrother (a male sibling)
My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up
- 2
Abbreviation of brother
- 3
Abbreviation of brown (eye or hair color)
- 4
slangBrother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals)
Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately
- 5
slangBrother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men
Near-synonym: man
- 6
slangA frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture
- 7
derogatoryslangSomeone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology
AI bro
bruh
- 1
slangAlternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”)
- 2
slangExpressing amazement or shock
You're moving to Greenland? Bruh!
- 3
slangExpressing a feeling that something is stupid, inappropriate, useless or even weird to say, think or do
Person 1: I poured canola oil into my car engine! Person 2: Bruh
- 4
slangExpressing disappointment
Person 1: Your favorite show got cancelled! Person 2: Bruh
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, bro or bruh?
bro appears 25 times per million words; bruh 3.2 times per million words.
bro 25 times per million wordsbruh 3.2 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search bro vs bruh?
“bro vs bruh” is searched about 170 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“bruh vs bro”, “bro or bruh”).
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