# brand

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹænd/ · frequency rank #1,553

## Definitions
1. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
2. A branding iron.
3. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
4. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
5. Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
6. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
7. A mark of infamy; stigma.
8. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
9. A torch used for signaling.
10. A flame.
11. A conflagration.
12. A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
13. A sword.

## Etymology
From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”).
Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).

## Easily confused with
- **bred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bred)
- **brat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brat)
- **bray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bray)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bryn)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bund)
- **bren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bren)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brin)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bring)
- **broad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-broad)
- **bread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bread)
- **Brian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brian)
- **brave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brave)
- **breed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-breed)
- **brass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brass)
- **Bryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bryan)
- **Bruno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bruno)
- **bravo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bravo)
- **Brent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brent)
- **Bronx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bronx)
- **brawl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brawl)

## Common misspellings (8)
`barnd`, `bbrand`, `bradn`, `brandd`, `brannd`, `brnad`, `brrand`, `rband`

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