# brandy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹændi/ · frequency rank #14,707

## Definitions
1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
2. Any variety of such liquor.
3. A serving of such liquor.

## Etymology
Shortened form of brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn (“burnt wine”). Compare German Brantewein, Branntwein, Danish brændevin.

## Easily confused with
- **bray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandy-vs-bray)
- **brody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandy-vs-brody)
- **Bundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandy-vs-bundy)
- **brant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandy-vs-brant)
- **Brenda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandy-vs-brenda)
- **band** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/band-vs-brandy)
- **brad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brad-vs-brandy)
- **bran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bran-vs-brandy)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brandy)
- **bands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bands-vs-brandy)
- **Brady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brady-vs-brandy)
- **bland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bland-vs-brandy)
- **braid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braid-vs-brandy)
- **banda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banda-vs-brandy)
- **baldy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baldy-vs-brandy)
- **bawdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bawdy-vs-brandy)
- **bandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-brandy)
- **bendy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bendy-vs-brandy)
- **branch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/branch-vs-brandy)
- **Brandt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandt-vs-brandy)

## Common misspellings (10)
`barndy`, `bbrandy`, `bradny`, `branddy`, `brandyy`, `branndy`, `branyd`, `brnady`, `brrandy`, `rbandy`

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