Bru or bruh?
bru is a noun meaning “bro; bra; term of address for a man”; bruh is an interjection meaning “Expressing amazement or shock”. Use bru as a noun and bruh as an interjection (bruh is also a noun: “Alternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”)”). In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) bruh is about 5.9 times as common as bru.
What is the difference between bru and bruh?
| bru | bruh | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, interjection | noun, interjection |
| Meaning | bro; bra; term of address for a man A member of an ethnic group of Southeast Asia | |
| Example | none recorded | You're moving to Greenland? Bruh! |
| Forms | brus | bru, breh, bryh |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /bɹʌ/ |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words | 3.2 times per million words |
Sources: bru 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 bru and bruh
bru
- 1
bro; bra; term of address for a man
- 2
slangAlternative spelling of bruh
- 3
A member of an ethnic group of Southeast Asia
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, bru or bruh?
bru appears about once in every 2 million words; bruh 3.2 times per million words.
bru about once in every 2 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).