# bree

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹiː/ · frequency rank #24,998

## Definitions
1. The eyelid.
2. The eyebrow.
3. The brow; forehead.

## Etymology
From Middle English brewe, bre, bregh, from Old English brēġ (“eyelid”) (Anglian dialect). Compare West Saxon brǣw, brēaw, brēaġ (“eyelid”), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō. Cognate with Dutch (wenk)brauw, German Braue. Compare brae from the same source. Apparently related to brow.

## Easily confused with
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bro)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bye)
- **Bri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bri)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bru)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bros)
- **brew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brew)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brit)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brow)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bruh)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brig)
- **byte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-byte)
- **brie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brie)
- **brim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brim)
- **Brom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brom)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bryn)
- **bute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bute)
- **bruv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bruv)
- **bren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-bren)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brin)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brut)

## Common misspellings (4)
`bbree`, `bre`, `brree`, `rbee`

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