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br

noun, interjection

br is spelled B-R: 2 letters. It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, br means “Abbreviation of bedroom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in br?

Letters2: B-R
In writing7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is br?

Br appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with br

Also written: brr.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What does br mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Abbreviation of bedroom.

noun

as Br
  1. 1

    Belarusian.

  2. 2

    Alternative spelling of Br. (brother)

adjective

as Br
  1. 1

    Belarusian.

noun

as BR
  1. 1

    CanadaUSAbbreviation of bedroom.

  2. 2

    Initialism of business route.

  3. 3

    Initialism of bit reversal.

interjection

  1. 1

    rareAlternative form of brr (“expressing cold and shivering”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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