# Brentwood

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,756

## Definitions
1. A town in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5993).
2. A local government district with borough status in Essex, formed in 1974.
3. A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
4. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
5. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
6. A town, the county seat of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

## Etymology
From Middle English brende (“burnt”) + wode (“wood”).

## Easily confused with
- **Brentford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brentford-vs-brentwood)

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbrentwood`, `berntwood`, `brenntwood`, `brentowod`, `brenttwood`, `brentwod`, `brentwodo`, `brentwoodd`, `brentwwood`, `brenwtood`, `bretnwood`, `brnetwood`, `brrentwood`, `rbentwood`

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