# brag

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹæɡ/ · frequency rank #15,115

## Definitions
1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
2. The thing which is boasted of.
3. Short for three card brag.

## Etymology
From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).

## Easily confused with
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bro)
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bug)
- **BRB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brb)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bsa)
- **Bri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bri)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bru)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bros)
- **bred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bred)
- **brew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brew)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brit)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brow)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bruh)
- **brat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brat)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brig)
- **bray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bray)
- **bran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bran)
- **bree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bree)
- **brie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brie)
- **brim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brim)
- **brah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-brah)

## Common misspellings (5)
`barg`, `bbrag`, `brga`, `brrag`, `rbag`

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